Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - A growing number of business and labour groups are urging the federal Liberals to up their promised wage subsidy to help companies hit hard by COVID-19 keep people on their payrolls. The late...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 3:35 a.m. The government has won unanimous consent to pass emergency legislation to free up $82 billion to help Canadians...

OTTAWA - One in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend, a new poll suggests. In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunda...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:30 p.m. ET on March 24, 2020: There are 2780 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 1,013 ...

VANCOUVER - Measures limiting personal contact to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have seemed like suggestions to beachgoers in the Vancouver area, where basketball games and&nb...

VANCOUVER - When Caroline Colijn sees the daily numbers of new cases of COVID-19 in Canada, she looks for certain things. As a disease modelling expert, she says the effects of the measures we're taki...

TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...

MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stoppi...

VANCOUVER - The public health communication about COVID-19 that's aimed at Indigenous communities should be tailored and take into account Indigenous experiences, say a health official and a researche...

TORONTO - The two-pronged battle to contain the spread of COVID-19 while inoculating the economy against the worst side effects saw governments on Tuesday rush to ease financial hardship amid mas...