Tag Archives: Health

VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is monitoring the deaths of six people from novel coronavirus in Washington state and there is no evidence of widesprea...

Global Affairs Canada says officials are fully engaged with authorities in Ethiopia after 13 Canadians were detained there last week. Canadian Humanitarian says a group of 10 Canadian volunteers, thre...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he made a mistake when he listed the novel coronavirus outbreak as a reason why he's not committed to a provincial election in October. Moe told ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has increased border-screening measures for travellers arriving in Canada from Iran in light of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases linked to that countr...

OTTAWA - Last week federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu warned people should consider stockpiling food and medicine in case of a potential outbreak of the new coronavirus - despite the relatively low r...

TORONTO - Ontario is reporting three new cases of the novel coronavirus today, bringing the total in the province to 18. The province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, is exp...

MONTREAL - A Quebec court has given the federal government more time to amend its assisted-dying legislation. Ottawa was facing a March 11 deadline imposed last September by Quebec Superior Court...

TORONTO - Ontario health officials say there are four more cases of the new coronavirus in the province. The latest diagnoses bring the number of cases of COVID-19 in Ontario to 15, though t...

MONTREAL - The daughter of a Quebec couple who contracted the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan says her parents can come home after testing negative for the...

Public health officials say 19 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with 11 cases reported in Ontario and eight in British Columbia. ...