Mother’s Day gatherings boosted COVID-19 cases, health minister says
TORONTO — Mother's Day gatherings contrary to physical distancing rules helped boost Ontario's COVID-19 cases, the health minister said Monday, and those rising numbers...
Youths report feeling sad, afraid of novel coronavirus during pandemic: survey
TORONTO — Lily Francois battled insomnia for a solid week, waking up at 3 a.m., and then struggling to get back to sleep.
So...
Trudeau pledges help to increase COVID-19 testing in Ontario and Quebec
OTTAWA — The federal government is ready to help provinces massively scale up their COVID-19 testing capacity to fend off a potential second wave of...
Trudeau asks commercial landlords to give tenants help through new program
OTTAWA — Canada's commercial landlords got a request and a warning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to buy into rental assistance program launching next week,...
Canadians should wear masks to protect others when in public: Tam
OTTAWA — Canada's public health experts are now fully recommending Canadians wear non-medical face masks in public when they aren't sure they will be...
National directive on wearing face masks coming today, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a national recommendation on when and where Canadians should be wearing face masks to reduce the spread...
Ontario schools not reopening until September
TORONTO — Ontario schools will stay closed for the rest of the school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that returning...
Ontario reports 340 new COVID-19 cases, 23 new deaths related to virus
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting another 340 cases of COVID-19 and 23 new deaths related to the virus.
There is now a total of 22,653...
Barring Taiwan from WHO a ‘serious’ health concern: Canada, U.S., allies say
OTTAWA — Canada, the United States and six major allies have told the World Health Organization that its ongoing exclusion of Taiwan has created a serious public health...
Canada’s ‘inevitable’ second wave of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO — No one knows when a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases will emerge in Canada, but experts agree numbers are poised to rise...