Canada

COVID-19 crisis distracting from flood-prone First Nation's plight: NDP

OTTAWA - New Democrats say they are concerned COVID-19 is distracting the federal and provincial governments from helping a northern Ontario First Nation vulnerable to spring flooding. The spring evac...

Apr 06, 2020

Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

Apr 06, 2020

Cities grapple over whether to give more room to pedestrians to spread out

OTTAWA - Battles are brewing in some cities over use of increasingly limited public space, as local governments struggle with whether to give more room for pedestrians to spread out. Canada's national...

Apr 06, 2020

Canadians can still expect weeks or months of distancing measures, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Canadians shouldn't expect to return to normal life any time soon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as he promised to expand federal aid to more workers suffering economic hards...

Apr 06, 2020

Canadian cruisers begin leaving Coral Princess in Florida amid COVID-19 outbreak

OTTAWA - Canadians began leaving the COVID-19-stricken Coral Princess cruise ship on Monday, after the ship reached Florida late last week. There were 97 Canadian passengers aboard the ship,...

Apr 06, 2020

Trudeau cites U.S. as culprit in PPE problems, insists deliveries will happen

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acknowledging that Canada has been having problems with incomplete or non-existent deliveries of critical supplies for its fight against COVID-19 - ...

Apr 06, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says

OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...

Apr 06, 2020

Changes to emergency-relief program coming to expand eligibility, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 240,000 people successfully applied for emergency relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the first few hours after the federal government opened the process t...

Apr 06, 2020

Impressions of America, in a word: Trump, president, chaos, in that order

WASHINGTON - Canadians, it seems, had a number of choice words for the United States last year - and most of them revolved around President Donald Trump. The Washington-based Pew Research Center asked...

Apr 06, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:07 p.m. on April 6, 2020: There are 15,821 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 7,944 confirmed (inclu...

Apr 06, 2020