Long-term care home in Oshawa, Ont., reports six COVID-19 deaths: health...
OSHAWA, Ont. — Public health officials say six COVID-19 patients at a long-term care home in Oshawa, Ont., have died.
Glendene Collins of the Durham...
Ontario COVID-19 deaths jump past 100; caseload more than 4,000
TORONTO — Another 25 people in Ontario have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the provincial death toll for those who have tested positive for the virus to...
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in...
TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
Business outlook
The Bank of Canada will release its business...
Parents, teachers say transition to e-learning will be a learning process
TORONTO — As children in elementary schools prepare for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and parents say it’ll be an imperfect process as they figure...
Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least...
OTTAWA — As a new year dawned, the government’s throne-speech commitments, unfurled just weeks earlier, were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers.
Then...
Ontario strikes deal with educational workers; urges two others to talk
TORONTO — Educational workers have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Ontario government.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the proposed deal in a...
The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19
TORONTO — Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario’s dire predictions about COVID-19 deaths literally, even as the revelation of stark data coincided with more physical distancing...
Ontario sees 27 more COVID deaths as cases jump; 94 now...
TORONTO — Another 27 people with COVID-19 have died in Ontario, where the total number of cases surged to at least 3,630 as another provincewide...
Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them
Health-care workers, grocery store staff, transit drivers and food delivery workers are among those being hailed as heroes for providing much-needed services amid the COVID-19...
PM expected to unveil more help for most vulnerable to weather...
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today more financial support aimed at helping the most vulnerable Canadians survive the COVID-19...
GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA — The federal government is speeding up financial help to low-income earners hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with payments through the GST credit...
Patients paying higher dispensing fees as pharmacists limit prescription amounts
OTTAWA — A new policy that has pharmacists restricting patients to a 30-day supply of their medications means some people are having to pay dispensing...
Feds urge med students, retirees to volunteer in the fight against...
OTTAWA — The federal government is seeking volunteers with medical experience to provide backup support in the fight against COVID-19.
Health Canada is creating a database...
Crimes and policing change amid COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario forces say
COVID-19 has changed both criminal behaviour and policing in Ontario.
Some of the crime trends, such as a surge in domestic violence, have been predictable....
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...
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