COVID-19

The federal Liberals' throne speech on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, is to lay out plans for child care, health care, affordable housing and navigating the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

B.C. NDP leader John Horgan called a snap fall election on Monday, provoking a scathing response from opposition parities accusing him of acting in his self-interest by taking people to the polls during the pandemic. 

Young people want to see a green rebuilding and universal basic income included in the roadmap the Liberal government will lay out on Wednesday for how the country can recover from COVID-19.

Nearly all of Ontario’s elementary and secondary students are either back in class or set up for virtual learning. At the same time, the province’s COVID-19 cases are steadily rising and two schools are already closed again.

The news of O’Toole’s positive test result led Quebec Premier François Legault, who had met with O’Toole earlier in the week, to self-isolate and get tested himself. “No one is immune to contagion,” he said.

The House of Commons "has developed an application that you just have to test for a short period, and during that time, we can do like British Columbia and vote by Zoom,” Pablo Rodríguez told media at a cabinet retreat Tuesday.

Mona Nemer’s three-year term is coming to a close on Sept. 24, 2020, and the government is staying quiet as to what will happen to her office after her term expires.

Canadian post-secondary institutions must spend heavily to move courses online while bracing for a sharp loss in revenue from stymied international enrolment. It could be calamitous for some, warns one education executive who decried Ottawa’s lack of direction.

In lieu of his in-person visit to the region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved meetings with B.C. leaders online on Wednesday.

As the first day of school quickly approaches, teachers still aren't sure if they can meet physical distancing requirements.

Canada’s top doctor says public health measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 may have made it harder for people who use drugs to access needed support.

The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations cheers as Ford government moves to freeze rent increases in 2021, but still fears surge in evictions of those unable to pay now.

As tens of thousands of Montreal-area children returned to class on Thursday, August 27, 2020, for the first time since the emergence of COVID-19, government officials spent the day trying to reassure parents and teachers following reports of a few infections connected to schools.

Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international public opinion survey suggests.