Tag Archives: Health

WASHINGTON - The glad-handing, confetti-and-skimmer-hat spirit of North American retail politics is on a collision course with the realities of life in a pandemic. In both Canada and th...

LAVAL, Que. - A high school north of Montreal was evacuated and at least a dozen people have been taken to hospital after a suspected carbon monoxide leak. A spokesman for ambulance ser...

ARCHERY ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh from Feb. 22-28 postponed. World Cup in Shanghai from May 4-10 cancelled. ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from ...

Research suggests cars and other gasoline-powered vehicles are responsible for a share of two highly toxic contaminants in downtown city air that's at least five times larger than previously thought. ...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 7:22 p.m. The BC Council of Forest Industries is cancelling its 2020 convention in Prince George because o...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 11, 2020: - Ontario: 42 confirmed - British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including 1 death - Alberta: 19 ...

TORONTO - Cindy Perry was all set for a March break trip to California with her wife and their two children, but the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the globe made her reconsider...

OTTAWA - The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package Wednesday to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in C...

VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...

OTTAWA - The government has issued guidance to major event planners to inform when they should consider shutting down large gatherings in light of the looming threat of a possible novel...