Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Widespread testing of correctional officers for COVID-19 would ease the current strain on hard-pressed staff, the national president of a union representing federal prison workers says. Broad...

TORONTO - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it's going to fight for citizens nabbed for municipal recreational infractions during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We will be calling for an amnesty ...

OTTAWA - The Canada-U.S. border has opened ever-so-slightly to asylum seekers under the new framework unveiled this week extending the historic shutdown of all but essential cross-border traffic. Thos...

OTTAWA - While children have been largely statistically unscathed by COVID-19, doctors are concerned that fear of the virus may be keeping parents from seeking medical help for kids with oth...

OTTAWA - Despite the fact two Canadian cargo planes returned empty of supplies from China, a New Brunswick biotech company has received its latest shipment of the key chemical that it says it nee...

TORONTO - Canadian colleges and universities are developing contingency plans to deliver classes in the fall, as students prepare for an uncertain semester due to COVID-19. The president of ...

WASHINGTON - The angry din of car horns echoed through Virginia's capital city Wednesday as the debate about America's path to recovery pitted impatient U.S. workers and business owners against g...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:15 p.m. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says some businesses that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic could reopen ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:17 p.m. ET on April 22, 2020: There are 40,190 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 20,965 confirm...