N95 masks

On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it's a thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange.

British Columbia is delaying the full return to classrooms in January to allow public health officials to assess the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and give school staff time to implement enhanced safety measures.

Quebec’s workplace safety board will require workers wear N95 masks in areas of health-care facilities where patients are COVID-19 positive, but one health expert says studies have indicated the benefits are unclear.

The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the province's minister of economic development confirmed on Thursday, August 20, 2020.

The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready.

Health Canada is warning Canadians about the risks of using fraudulent and unauthorized N95 masks that may not offer protection against COVID-19.

Rapid COVID-19 testing devices are on the way to remote and Indigenous communities where access and timely results have been hindered by distance and limited resources, officials said on Monday, April 13, 2020, after a new test kit was approved over the weekend.

Canada's relationship with the United States has always required "constant gardening," but never more so than in the throes of a global pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, as she cheered the partial arrival of a shipment of face masks.

Premier Jason Kenney is calling on "Alberta spirit” to overcome the COVID-19 crisis after United States President Donald Trump announced on Friday, April 3, 2020, he would be banning the export of medical supplies.

Officials across Canada took further steps to help the country's most vulnerable people on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, as signs emerged that COVID-19 will continue to affect daily life for months.

The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed on Monday, May 4, 2020, that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been fixed.