Canada

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 478 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the province to 6,237. The province is a...

Apr 10, 2020

Easter services, celebrations across Canada adapt to COVID-19 restrictions

It took a global pandemic to change Deb Scime's Easter plans. Each year, about 50 relatives spanning four generations gather for a boisterous, pot luck brunch to celebrate a Christian holiday tha...

Apr 10, 2020

Some Montreal health-care workers say shops, banks turning them away over COVID-19

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault hails Quebec health-care workers as "guardian angels," but some say they are being denied services at banks and pharmacies when they reveal their occupati...

Apr 10, 2020

Broader gender focus needed for COVID-19 response, advocates say

OTTAWA - As Canada continues to combat the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, women's rights advocates say not enough focus has been placed on the unique and often disproportionate impact the pa...

Apr 10, 2020

Trudeau to highlight interest-free loans to help small business weather pandemic

OTTAWA - While Canadian businesses wait for Parliament to approve a $73-billion wage subsidy program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to highlight today another measure that will tide some c...

Apr 10, 2020

Canadian envoy to UN says past mental health fight has her ready for COVID-19

OTTAWA - As she watched the novel coronavirus swallow a helpless New York City, transforming it into the twin epicentre of the pandemic, Louise Blais found lessons in her own past for how to slay a de...

Apr 10, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Sex offender Gordon Stuckless dead

TORONTO - The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to six and a half years behind bars - six after credit for his time ...

Apr 09, 2020

Saskatchewan premier doesn't see need for Emergencies Act in COVID-19 fight

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he doesn't see a need for Ottawa to use the sweeping Emergencies Act to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moe said Thursday that he has had discussions wit...

Apr 09, 2020

Quebec health-care workers going without protective equipment, union says

OTTAWA - A health-care union in Quebec says workers dealing with at-risk patients are going without protective equipment in some cases, sparking criticism of the national emergency stockpile. The Fede...

Apr 09, 2020

Climate, clean tech could take centre stage in federal economic recovery plans

OTTAWA - The federal government is quietly looking at longer-term recovery plans from the COVID-19 crisis even as its focus remains squarely on getting more than $100 billion in emergency economic&nbs...

Apr 09, 2020