COVID-19

The federal government will be under pressure today, May 1, 2020, to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit communities in the North.

Canada’s post-secondary institutions rely on the significantly higher tuition fees paid by international students, whose numbers may be sharply curtailed when academic life returns to some kind of normal during this pandemic.

The call came in on an afternoon in March: a patient at a medical clinic in Vancouver complained of chest pains. Paramedic Jeff Booton watched the details flash across the screen as he and his partner made their way to the clinic. It was his first potential case of COVID-19 and he felt both trepidation and a sense of duty.

Many non-essential Manitoba businesses that have been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic are to reopen as of Monday, May 4, 2020.

Local reporting is being kneecapped by pandemic-driven cuts to media outlets across B.C. at a time when community-specific, trustworthy reporting is vital to public health.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to using digital technology to try to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus through tracking down contacts of people who have it, but says it needs to be done in a way that protects the privacy of Canadians.

Island Health announced Tuesday it will now test for COVID-19 in anyone with symptoms of cold, flu or the novel coronavirus, even if their symptoms are mild.

While the strictures of social isolation mean sexual activity between people who do not live together has likely fallen dramatically, it would be a mistake to assume it has gone to zero, the co-director of a Toronto clinic says.

Provinces have begun to release plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

“It’s just reinforced, in my mind, that we’ve got an invisible enemy and that our village must stay on guard and keep doing what we’re doing," says Quadra Island We Wai Kai councillor Ted Lewis about his nation's shutdowns to protect members during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conservative Party is poised to press the government on numerous issues during a modified version of a House of Commons sitting today, April 28, 2020.

Thousands of businesses have applied for the federal government's $73-billion wage subsidy program, joining a COVID-19 emergency economic plan that industry groups warn is becoming more complicated the longer businesses stay closed and workers off the job.

While researchers across the planet race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided over whether getting it should be mandatory or voluntary — setting up a potentially prickly public health debate if a vaccine becomes available.

The prime minister’s comments follow a push by mayors across the country for emergency federal funding to make up for billions of dollars in lost revenue from things like transit and parking, as people stay home and avoid public places to slow the spread of the virus.

It's premature to talk about "immunity passports" for Canadians who have been infected with COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, April 25, 2020, because the science is unclear about whether those who have recovered from the virus are protected from catching it again.