The race to trace the spread of COVID-19 in Canada using disease trackers
TORONTO — Increasingly frustrated health officials say they are prepared to take more aggressive measures to track and contain people with COVID-19 as the...
Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon
OTTAWA — Federal projections of the toll COVID-19 could take in Canada are not yet ready for public consumption but will be coming soon, Prime...
Stock market crash may force some investors to postpone retirements, say experts
TORONTO — The biggest market downturn in more than a decade has rattled nerves and may ultimately force some investors to postpone their approaching...
Bruce Power donates 600,000 pieces of protective equipment for health-care workers
An Ontario power provider is donating 600,000 pieces of personal protective equipment to the provincial government to help in the fight against the COVID-19...
Liberals delay release of wage subsidy details
OTTAWA — Canadian businesses desperate for details about the federal government’s promised wage subsidy program will have to wait a little longer for answers.
A news conference...
Supply-line disruptions could cause Canadian drug shortage
OTTAWA — Canadians should brace for drug shortages as COVID-19 disrupts global supply lines, the federal health ministry’s top public servant says.
A lack of...
Feds likely didn’t have enough protective gear in emergency stockpile: Hajdu
OTTAWA — The federal government likely did not have enough protective equipment in its emergency stockpile to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister...
Almost a quarter of Quebec seniors’ homes have at least one COVID-19 case
MONTREAL — Nearly a quarter of Quebec’s seniors residences have at least one case of COVID-19, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday.
Legault said 519 of the...
PM, Scheer among MPs to donate pay hike to charities during COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their...
Canadian military ready to mobilize 24,000 troops for COVID-19: Minister
OTTAWA — The crews of two Royal Canadian Navy vessels were ordered to sequester in a Halifax hotel for two weeks as the federal...
