Ontario appeals to manufacturers to help address shortage of key medical...
TORONTO — Ontario’s premier appealed to manufacturers on Saturday to help address a shortage of key medical supplies, as the province announced a third patient...
Ontario reaches tentative contract deal with elementary teachers
TORONTO — Ontario reached a tentative contract deal Friday with its largest teachers’ union following a highly contentious round of bargaining.
The agreement with the...
Feds offer help to companies to retool, pump out COVID-19 medical...
OTTAWA — The federal government is offering up cash to Canadian companies that retool operations or quickly expand to produce medical equipment needed to...
Drastic measures to fight COVID-19 continue as case count approaches 1,000
OTTAWA — Canada continued to ramp up its fight against COVID-19 on Friday, enlisting the help of the corporate world and taking further measures to...
Ontario rolls out online learning plan while schools are closed due...
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pointing parents and students toward online learning resources while schools are closed due to COVID-19, with the...
Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected...
OTTAWA — The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get...
We won’t know if isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam
OTTAWA — Canada’s top doctor says it might be months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the...
Social distancing: what to do and what not to do to...
OTTAWA — Social distancing is one of the most effective ways to contain the spread of COVID-19. While specific restrictions on what Canadians can...
Don’t wait for Parliament, start processing applications for financial aid now:...
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the...
Worries lie ahead for Canadians faced with financial uncertainty in COVID-19...
TORONTO — When it comes to her family’s financial future, Kim Petrie says the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has erased any certainty about what lies ahead.
Over just a...
No concrete evidence ibuprofen makes COVID-19 worse: health experts
TORONTO — Canadian health officials are trying to calm fears that anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can worsen COVID-19 symptoms by stressing the lack...
Health Canada acts to boost supply of hand sanitizer, disinfectants, swabs,...
OTTAWA — Health Canada is waiving some of its usual regulatory requirements to increase supplies of hand sanitizers, disinfectants, swabs and personal protective equipment such as...
Why the feds aren’t closing the door on non-essential businesses
OTTAWA — While Canada’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country.
In...
Ontario shutters provincial parks due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO — Ontario is closing provincial parks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks says it decided to shutter...
Ontario legislature expected to pass emergency COVID bill to help workers
TORONTO — The Ontario government is expected to pass emergency legislation today aimed at protecting workers who are forced to stay home due to the COVID-19...



















































