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BANGKOK - Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday. The tiny city-st...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: eliminating it altogether. And experts believe the...

SEATTLE - Boeing this week is restarting production of commercial airplanes in the Seattle area, putting about 27,000 people back to work after operations were halted because of the coronavirus. The a...

While some businesses in the province are champing at the bit with the possibility of getting theirs doors open again, Cecilia Kautzman is taking a more measured approach. Kautzman owns Kids Trading C...

OTTAWA - The federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial help, a news-industry associatio...

SEATTLE - Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production and some states rolled out aggressive reopening plans Monday, despite nationwide concerns there is not enou...

TORONTO - Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault unveiled early plans on Friday to give $500 million to Canada's arts, sports and cultural sectors as they weather the COVID-19 pandemic - but exactly...

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out billions of dollars in new financial help targeting hard-hit sectors of the economy, acknowledging that some companies need more support and others ...

One of Regina’s most popular sex shops has been seeing the good and bad of people being forced to stay at home. Lisa Phillipson is the manager at Industrial Luv. She said at the beginning of Mar...

OTTAWA - Canada's oil and gas producers have asked the federal government to freeze the carbon tax and delay new climate change regulations while the industry weathers the storm of COVID-19. In a lett...