COVID-19

Aid agencies welcomed Canada’s commitment on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, of an extra $400 million in development and humanitarian spending to combat COVID-19.

Montreal restaurateurs say they don't understand why the provincial government is ordering their businesses to close even though there have been no COVID-19 outbreaks tied to the city's famed restaurant industry.

The Liberal government pushed back against criticism over a lack of rapid tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, as it unveiled a deal to buy millions of such devices from a U.S. company — whenever Health Canada approves them.

A battle with China would be devastating for India, and potentially the whole world given that these are both nuclear-armed powers. But even if full-scale war is avoided, the conflict could have grim consequences for the rest of the planet.

Quebec moved its most populous regions to a maximum alert-level on Monday, September 28, 2020, and Ontario declared itself in the grips of a second COVID-19 wave as both provinces grappled with rising caseloads.

A Calgary hospital was postponing surgeries and restricting visitors Monday, September 28, 2020, as the number of people infected in multiple COVID-19 outbreaks climbed.

While the federal government is pressing ahead with plans to buy billions of dollars worth of much-needed equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces, the Department of National Defence's top procurement official says COVID-19 is further slowing down some already delayed purchases.

Heat and wildfire smoke force residents to seek respite – and buy cooling systems and air purifiers, if they can afford them

Manitoba's chief public health officer is making masks mandatory in indoor public spaces in Winnipeg as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the city.

Quebeckers were urged to stop socializing, Ontarians were barred from late-night pub-hopping, and the entire country was sternly warned of "critical" containment measures required in coming weeks as soaring COVID-19 case counts edged past 150,000 on Friday, September 25, 2020.

The federal government is "lining up advance deals" to buy rapid tests for COVID-19 so as soon as the technology is approved for use in Canada, it can be put to work, says Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Canada's top public health officers today, September 25, 2020, for their daily update on the worsening COVID-19 health crisis.

Young climate protesters say vague green ambition in the federal government’s throne speech has added further motivation as they prepare to take to the streets of Toronto and some 50 other Canadian cities and towns on Friday.

The University of Victoria's Nathan Lachowsky wants to measure SARS-CoV-2 in the #LGBTQ community, looking for reasons behind the pandemic's disproportionate impact on sexual and gender minority people.

Federal opposition parties blamed the Liberal government for failing to properly prepare for the return of Parliament as negotiations around in-person versus virtual sittings went down to the wire on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.