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The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:05 p.m. The president of the Treasury Board of Ontario says he developed mild symptoms associated with COVID-19 over t...

VANCOUVER - Food banks and non-profit organizations that help the most vulnerable say they need a helping hand to get through the novel coronavirus pandemic. Non-profit organizations and charities say...

TORONTO - Canadians and their governments scrambled on Thursday to come to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic as case numbers rose, social distancing ramped up, and everyday life morphed into an ab...

MONTREAL - A few weeks ago, McGill University law professor Daniel Weinstock was considering suing the Quebec government for defamation, but today he's lauding Premier Francois Legault for h...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has outlined its spending for the year ahead, with $200 million more for health care and $1.3 billion for emergencies. The Saskatchewan Party govern...

OTTAWA - While Canada's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country. In Ontario and Alberta, dine-in restaura...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched an $82 billion pandemic battle plan Wednesday to help Canadians ride out the economic consequences of COVID-19 as the country's top public health official warned...

REGINA - Saskatchewan declared a provincial state of emergency Wednesday as the number of COVID-19 cases in the province doubled to 16. Premier Scott Moe said it's a crit...

Frontline veterans of infectious disease medicine say Canada's sickest COVID-19 patients may face three tightly connected shortages as infection spreads: intensive care space,...

TORONTO - The COVID-19 outbreak coupled with fears about more restrictive gun legislation has fuelled a spike in firearm and ammunition sales, several dealers said this week. Buyers, they sa...