Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The federal government is retooling messaging for travellers arriving in Canada amid criticism that it's not doing enough to ensure thousands of people entering the country don't drive a national spike in COVID-19 cases.

Canada's top public health officer raised the risk level associated with the growing COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, March 15, 2020, even as retailers and top politicians reassured Canadian that any restrictive measures would not result in shortages of food or other basics.

The growing number of COVID-19 cases in Canada prompted a wave of restrictions aimed at protecting seniors on Saturday, March 14, 2020, as officials made more insistent calls for travellers to return home without delay.

The federal Liberal government imposed its own limits on incoming flights from overseas on Friday, March 13, 2020, — nothing as severe as Donald Trump's ban on foreign nationals arriving from Europe, but enough to signal to the United States that it need not erect a viral firewall along the Canada-U.S. border.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers on Friday, March 13, 2020, for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus — but heard that much more will be needed to weather the crisis.

The federal government announced a flurry of measures aimed at helping workers and businesses Friday. It's also asking Canadians to avoid international travel and social gatherings.

Parliamentarians will consider today, March 13, 2020, whether to take the unprecedented move of suspending Parliament because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The prime minister's wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and will remain in isolation, his office said on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

Amnesty International says it's not enough for political leaders to condemn a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and they should do more to protect human rights activists.

Leaders of Canada's national Indigenous organizations say they hope talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers will lead to greater movement on implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and new child-welfare policies as well as resources to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney flew to Ottawa on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, with a list of demands and a key message for the prime minister to focus on the economy.

Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic fallout from the rampaging novel coronavirus — and they're hoping premiers can do the same when they meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in Canada grew, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that the situation could get worse, and the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help the country's health-care system cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers who are forced to isolate themselves.

The vice-president of the Metis National Council is stepping up his rhetoric against three provincial Metis leaders, accusing them of striking a "backroom deal" that allows new members into the nation he believes are not Metis.