Canada

Science summary: A look at novel coronavirus research around the globe

Thousands of scientists around the world are working on problems raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a summary of some recent research from peer-reviewed academic journals and scientific agencies...

Mar 24, 2020

Airports now a challenging 'Petri dish' for officials trying to prevent spread of virus

OTTAWA - For one traveller returning to Toronto from Vietnam, the way officials handled arrivals to Canada was startling when compared to strict COVID-19 guidelines in the southeast Asian country...

Mar 24, 2020

Environment groups, churches, unions ask oil bailout for families, not companies

Some Canadian organizations are asking the federal government to focus any bailout of the oil industry on workers and families, not corporations. The request comes in an open letter to Prime Mini...

Mar 24, 2020

Preparing for battle: Doctor on front lines shares how health-care is changing

TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...

Mar 24, 2020

Provinces tighten freedoms, police get help from citizens in fight against COVID-19

MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stoppi...

Mar 24, 2020

One in five Canadians think COVID-19 pandemic blown out of proportion: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests one in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend.In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunday, 16 per cent of...

Mar 24, 2020

Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight

OTTAWA - The House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and cushion some of its economic harms. The opposition parties have ...

Mar 24, 2020

Tories won't give feds unilateral powers to spend, borrow, tax during health crisis

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party will not give the Trudeau government "a blank cheque" to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. While Conservatives are prepared to ...

Mar 23, 2020

MacKay calls for Conservative leadership vote to be held as soon as possible

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says an election for party leader should be held as soon as logistically possible. MacKay, a former cabinet minister and early front-runner in t...

Mar 23, 2020

NewsAlert:Kalen Schlatter found guilty of murder in killing of Tess Richey

TORONTO - A Toronto man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in an outdoor stairwell days after she went missing. Jurors con...

Mar 23, 2020