COVID-19

A union official says Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19.

An investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19.

Alberta has announced its first death linked to COVID-19 and says it's tracking down 72 curlers who attended a doctors' bonspiel that included a person who now has the novel coronavirus.

While Canadians stay home in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials are working behind the scenes to try to increase the health care system's capacity to fight the virus.

Canada's top doctor says it might be months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19.

As just one example of how the virus is already impacting local flood preparedness activities, the community centre near Ottawa that became a staging ground for the regional flood response last year and was toured by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, closed on March 16 due to COVID-19 and moved its flood preparedness meeting online.

As some Canadians react to warnings about COVID-19 with a sense of gravity while others optimistically stick to their daily routines, a former Vancouver resident in northern Italy says he knows both of those feelings.

Hogg hopes the province will use its powers under the state of emergency to equalize delivery of medications to rural pharmacies to ensure adequate supply in the face of increased demand.

The patient who died was a man in his 50s who had an underlying health condition. The Progressive Conservative government plans to pass emergency measures Thursday aimed at preserving jobs during the pandemic.

Students at several post-secondary institutions were asked or told on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, to move out of their dorms in response to COVID-19, forcing many to search for housing or move between cities at a time when Canadians have been advised to stay home.

Saskatchewan declared a provincial state of emergency on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the province doubled to 16.

Parliament will be recalled to deal with legislation to free up billions in financial aid for Canadians and businesses to weather the COVID-19 crisis, likely next week.

While Canada's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country.

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.