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...
Editorial: The case for wearing a face mask
By: Mike Anderson
From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic our public health officials have been unanimous in their condemnation of uninfected people wearing face...
NewsAlert: Ontario reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 401 more COVID-19 cases today, including 16 more deaths.
A Bobcaygeon nursing home is also reporting two more deaths of...
All COVID-19 deaths in York Region are over the age of 70
By: Mike Anderson
While the majority of COVID-19 infections in York Region are aged 55 to 64 (24 per cent) followed by 20 to 34-year-olds...
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...
