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Retailers that deem themselves an essential service during the novel coronavirus outbreak are taking new measures in stores, like installing Plexiglas shields at cash registers and limiting the number...

MONTREAL - Air Canada is laying off more than 5,100 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19, a union official says. The Canadian Union of P...

Rebellion Brewing is one of the Regina businesses feeling the crunch of having to temporarily close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mark Heise, president and CEO of Rebellion Brewing, said the company h...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has announced a $2.5-billion financial aid package for companies struggling with liquidity due the COVID-19 crisis. Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said&n...

LOS ANGELES - Sports are on hold, theatres are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn t...

DETROIT - Concerns about the spreading coronavirus are forcing most of North America's auto plants to close, at least temporarily. Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota said they would...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched an $82 billion pandemic battle plan Wednesday to help Canadians ride out the economic consequences of COVID-19 as the country's top public health official warned...

Canadians abroad are raising concerns about compensation as they try to find a way back home, with some stranded as borders close and airlines cut flights due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Many o...

OTTAWA - Five things to know about Ottawa's $82-billion financial-aid package announced Wednesday to help weather the COVID-19 pandemic: New emergency benefits Ottawa is waiving the one-week waiting p...

The technology that animated movies like "Toy Story" and enabled a variety of special effects is the focus of this year's Turing Award, the technology industry's version of the Nobel Prize. Patrick Ha...