Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon

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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...

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TORONTO — The biggest market downturn in more than a decade has rattled nerves and may ultimately force some investors to postpone their approaching...

NewsAlert: Ontario reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths

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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...

Bruce Power donates 600,000 pieces of protective equipment for health-care workers

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their...

Ontario reports 426 new COVID-19 cases; provincial total at 2,392

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TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 426 new COVID-19 cases today — the largest number so far — including four new deaths. It represents a nearly 22...

Ont. town names ‘chief positivity officer’ to raise community spirits

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NEWMARKET, Ont. — The Town of Newmarket is preaching positivity as part of a campaign to raise community spirit in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A group...

Most abiding by COVID-19 rules, back fines, arrests of those who...

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OTTAWA — Most Canadians are doing what they’re told to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and would support harsher measures to punish those who aren’t,...

Canadian military ready to mobilize 24,000 troops for COVID-19: Minister

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OTTAWA — The crews of two Royal Canadian Navy vessels were ordered to sequester in a Halifax hotel for two weeks as the federal...

Parents should respect custody arrangements during COVID-19 pandemic: Ont. courts

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TORONTO — Parents who share custody of their children should continue to split parenting duties with their former spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic, unless there is...

Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for...

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OTTAWA — Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate...