Canada

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

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. Industry Minister Navdeep Bains is asking Canadian business to step up and tell the government what they can d...

Mar 20, 2020

Partial Canada-U.S. border closure to take effect at midnight, Trudeau says

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the mutual decision by Canada and the United States to close their shared border to non-essential travel will take effect at midnight tonight. Both coun...

Mar 20, 2020

Canada watching 70 cruise ships still sailing with 4,000 Canadians on board

OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to keep tabs on as many as 4,000 Canadians still on board cruise ships sailing around the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Adam Austen, a spokesman f...

Mar 20, 2020