Canada

Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations

OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...

May 03, 2020

Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns

OTTAWA - A rapid test developed for COVID-19 has experienced a setback. Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience says it is voluntarily recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health...

May 03, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:53 a.m. ET on May 3, 2020: There are 57,148 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 29,656 confirmed...

May 03, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:40 a.m. The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancou...

May 03, 2020

Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation

EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...

May 03, 2020

Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...

May 03, 2020

Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations

OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...

May 03, 2020

Civil service saw COVID-19 benefit programs as 'Dunkirk'-style rescue effort

OTTAWA - It was a sunny March 18 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the government's first big attempt at containing the economic fallout from COVID-19 in the form of an $82-billio...

May 03, 2020

Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion

WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...

May 03, 2020

Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...

May 02, 2020