The federal government unveiled details of its plans to help people taking a financial hit due to the pandemic. But they may not help everyone and the funds may not come fast enough.
With public health authorities urging all Canadians to stay home as much as they can and practice social distancing, everyone should be staying focused primarily on their health, rather than their bank accounts, said the prime minister.
Ontario is struggling to deal with a surge in people seeking COVID-19 testing that has pushed wait times for laboratory results out to four days, which the province’s health minister called unacceptable on Wednesday.
The future of the 2020 'Greatest Show on Earth' is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"In both our countries, we're encouraging people to stay home. We're telling our citizens not to visit their neighbours if they don't absolutely have to," Trudeau said Wednesday.
BC declares public health emergency and closes schools to deal with newest spike in COVID-19 cases, 12 of which are located on Vancouver Island.
While Quadra Islanders struggle to adapt to the string of new measures
A mother with two children at home, offering to work on evenings and weekends. A senior citizen, hoping to correct misinformation about COVID-19. A newly retired nurse, calling up her hospital and offering to come back.
More energy industry dividends are being slashed as investors turn their backs on companies whose payouts are now unaffordable with oil prices plunging to less than US$30 per barrel.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, implored teens and young adults in the province to abide by extraordinary rules forbidding social gatherings amid the biggest spike yet in the number of cases of COVID-19.
Airlines can apply reasonable grounds to deny boarding to travellers for reasons of health or safety. But Canadians who are sick and show up at the Canada-U.S. land border 'will of course be allowed into the country,' said Bill Blair on Tuesday.
As governments and medical officials across Canada ramp up their public communication regarding COVID-19, many of their messages are not getting through to those who rely on sign language interpreters.