Canada

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...

Mar 21, 2020

Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...

Mar 21, 2020

Canada, U.S. begin turning away casual travellers at shared border

WASHINGTON - Canada's shared border with the United States is now closed to casual, non-essential travel in a bilateral effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in North America. A mutual ban o...

Mar 20, 2020

Quebec to move all lottery ticket sales online to avoid spread of COVID-19

MONTREAL - Quebec's lottery corporation says it will soon sell lottery tickets only online amid fears of the novel coronavirus. A spokesman for Loto-Quebec said on Twitter today that it...

Mar 20, 2020

Call for COVID-19 protective equipment spurs college, distiller, TV show to help

VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus shut down the respiratory therapy program at Fanshawe College but that didn't stop the school from supplying much needed frontline equipment to fight COVID-19. Pr...

Mar 20, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 20, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3 p.m. on March 20, 2020: There are 943 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 308 confirmed (including 2 ...

Mar 20, 2020

Peterson slams party's refusal to adjust leadership rules amid COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA - Alberta businessman Rick Peterson is abandoning his bid to lead the federal Conservatives, citing the party's refusal to adjust eligibility rules in the midst of the COVID-19 c...

Mar 20, 2020

Drastic measures to fight COVID-19 continue as case count approaches 1,000

OTTAWA - Canada continued to ramp up its fight against COVID-19 on Friday, enlisting the help of the corporate world and taking further measures to limit border crossings as the number of cases&n...

Mar 20, 2020

Dire scenario for intensive care even if COVID-19 infection rate drops: study

A study by Toronto epidemiologists suggests that Canada's largest province could run out of intensive care beds and ventilators by late April, even assuming a sharp drop in the cur...

Mar 20, 2020

Bereavement workers, including embalmers, say they don't have access to enough masks

A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward. The vice-president of the Funeral Service Associa...

Mar 20, 2020