Tag Archives: Health

A study by Toronto epidemiologists suggests that Canada's largest province could run out of intensive care beds and ventilators by late April, even assuming a sharp drop in the cur...

OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to keep tabs on as many as 4,000 Canadians on board at least 70 cruise ships still at sea, with many forbidden to dock as governments around the world bl...

OTTAWA - The federal government is offering up cash to Canadian companies that retool operations or quickly expand to produce medical equipment needed to cope with the multiplying cases of COVID-...

A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward, saying embalmers in particular put themselves at ...

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...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:22 a.m. on March 21, 2020: There are 1,085 confimred and presumptive cases in Canada. _ British Columbia: 348 confirme...

OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled historic new measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, promising a sweeping revamp of the national industrial landscape while closing the country's d...

Vancouver's fire department is preparing to stop responding to the site of non-critical medical calls to preserve its ability to respond to major fires and other emergencies during the COVID-19 p...

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...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   12:15 a.m. British Columbia is reporting 77 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 348. That inclu...