Mortgage deferrals at big Canada’s big banks pile up, association says
TORONTO — The Canadian Bankers Association says the country’s six largest banks have allowed customers to defer payments on more than 10 per cent of the...
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...
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...
