second wave

Canadians began the Thanksgiving long weekend amid a surging second wave that pushed public health officials to roll back some businesses and tighten COVID-19 measures in several hotspots.

The Trudeau Liberals sought on Friday, October 9, 2020, to get ahead of growing economic concerns linked to rising COVID-19 case counts, vowing new and revamped business supports to keep workers on payrolls and maintain job gains threatened by the pandemic's second wave.

The federal Liberals' throne speech on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, is to lay out plans for child care, health care, affordable housing and navigating the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quebec's mandatory face-covering measure for indoor public places has largely been followed since it came into effect on Saturday, July 18, 2020, but there has been some opposition to the COVID-19-related order from those who don't want to wear one.

Canada is ill-prepared for a second wave of COVID-19, says a Senate committee, calling on the federal Liberals to deliver a plan by Labour Day to help people and communities hit hardest by the pandemic.

As Canada continues to struggle to keep up with the level of COVID-19 tests needed to fend off a potential second wave of the viral disease, researchers say the best early warning system for a second wave could be right beneath our feet — in the sewers.