COVID-19

British Columbia has reached the point in the COVID-19 pandemic where it will start a gradual reopening of the economy while also allowing social interactions between families, friends and communities to increase.

“Definitely this year, with a possible change in human activity, we might have a possible change in fire numbers and area burned," says one federal fire research analyst.

Canada is keeping a safe distance — for now — from the theory that the COVID-19 outbreak began by accident in a virology laboratory in China — a narrative that's gaining traction by the day, thanks to the White House, American intelligence agencies and media outlets friendly to President Donald Trump.

The gap in the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program was highlighted on Tuesday by two members of Parliament during a meeting of the House of Commons government operations committee.

If it’s not President Donald Trump’s incoherent press conferences, where recently he seemed to suggest injecting disinfectant might cure you of COVID-19, or his repeated claims the pandemic is under control while the body count mounts alarmingly, then it’s the far-right, some of them armed with assault rifles, storming the state capitols.

As the deadly toll of COVID-19 on Canada's nursing homes gives rise to a growing number of proposed class-action lawsuits, some legal experts say the cases will turn on what's considered reasonable care during a pandemic.

As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the anniversary of the start of an evacuation that emptied the northern Alberta city four years ago.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his assault-rifle ban on Sunday, May 3, 2020, and promised to go even further by targeting handguns and tightening border security with new legislation introduced in the Parliament.

A much anticipated new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic starts today, May 4, 2020, with several provinces beginning the process of slowly loosening some of their lockdown restrictions.

Canada took further baby steps toward post-pandemic normalcy on Friday, May 1, 2020, as Atlantic provinces began easing rigid restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 scourge, while Quebec's death toll climbed past 2,000 as it set to ease its measures.

Imperial Oil Ltd. is slowing or deferring maintenance work throughout its operations as it tries to ensure employee safety in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected 83 workers at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.

Federal officials say the next two weeks will be crucial in trying to determine the scope and severity of the spread of COVID-19 in First Nations communities.

Seniors on a fixed low income, particularly in rural and remote areas, are falling through the cracks when it comes to federal response funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, NDP party whip Rachel Blaney said.

The federal government is poised to begin fulfilling a key electoral promise by banning a variety of assault-style rifles, including the type used in the 1989 mass shooting in Montreal.

COVID-19 has reached Canada's High Arctic.