Canada

Son remembers 'tough lady' who died from COVID-19 in Calgary care home

CALGARY - Rita Owen died in a Calgary care home three weeks shy of her 92nd birthday never knowing she'd contracted COVID-19. "At her age, I just wanted her to enjoy what time she had and not worry," ...

Apr 17, 2020

Federal oilpatch bailout focus on cleanup of abandoned wells, reduced emissions

Observers say the federal government's multibillion-dollar oilpatch bailout package announced Friday should come with strings attached. "(Money) should be tied to regulatory change in Albert...

Apr 17, 2020

Union wants government to curtail grocery trips to slow COVID-19 spread

CALGARY - Western Canada's largest private-sector union is proposing that people be limited to one trip to the grocery store each week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 a...

Apr 17, 2020

Ontario could be headed for primary care crisis: medical association

OTTAWA - The Ontario Medical Association says a survey of its members shows nearly half the primary-care clinics in the province are at risk of closing their doors because doctors can't pay the b...

Apr 17, 2020

Trudeau says $1.7B coming for orphaned-well cleanups

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will support work in the oil and gas sector by spending $1.7 billion to help clean up "orphaned wells." He says restoring abandoned o...

Apr 17, 2020

Senate extends adjournment until June 2 amid negotiations over return of MPs

OTTAWA - The Senate will not resume sitting until June 2 at the earliest. The office of the Speaker of the upper chamber says the decision was taken as part of the Senate's efforts to prevent the spre...

Apr 17, 2020

Doctors don't know when masks are coming, despite deliveries arriving in Canada

OTTAWA - Some primary-care doctors say they still have no certainty when they will get much-needed protective equipment to protect them from COVID-19 and they are starting to run critic...

Apr 17, 2020

Trudeau announces support for workers in Energy Sector

OTTAWA-In today's (April 17th) address to the media, Justin Trudeau announced help for workers in the energy sector, those in the art and sports sector, as well as more support for small businesses ac...

Apr 17, 2020

As millions of workers apply for help, mothers-to-be say they can't get CERB

OTTAWA - Nearly one month ago, Effie Pool was laid off from her job as a server when the restaurant she worked at in Burlington, Ont., closed due to COVID-19. The 35-year-old mother of one is sti...

Apr 17, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:10 a.m. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has introduced new emergency measures requiring retirement home workers to only work ...

Apr 17, 2020