COVID-19 Coronavirus

PM, Scheer among MPs to donate pay hike to charities during COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their salaries to charity, as the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Olivia Thorington Apr 01, 2020

Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Medical officers of health and Canada's chief public health officer are encouraging people to wash their hands, giv...

Apr 01, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on April 1, 2020: There are 8,591 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 4,162 confirmed (in...

Apr 01, 2020

Long john producer Stanfield's reacts to COVID-19 with 'pivot' to medical gowns

HALIFAX - A historic Canadian undergarment factory famed for long johns and boxer shorts is about to rapidly reinvent itself as a domestic producer of medical gowns. Stan...

Apr 01, 2020

Queen's Plate, Canadian Open close to decisions for 2020 during COVID-19 pandemic

TORONTO - While Toronto's ban on city-led events through June 30 does not prohibit professional sporting contests during the COVID-19 pandemic, two major annual events say they are close to ...

Mar 31, 2020

Feds urged to make air transport essential service for Inuit, North

OTTAWA - The national organization that represents Inuit in Canada is calling for air transportation to be designated an essential service in Canada's 51 Inuit communities for the duration o...

Mar 31, 2020

Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19

A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Tuesday in relation to COVID-19: "They had nowhere to stay and didn't really know what they were doing in the community besides just comin...

Mar 31, 2020

Hearing from the front line - local Doctor's perspective on health care changes

LETHBRIDGE, AB -- It spite of continued objections, the provincial government is going ahead with what the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) calls 'irresponsible' health care restructuring. In the fac...

Mar 31, 2020 CRH emergency room -- LNN

White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus

WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday projected 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic if current social distancing guidelines are maintained. President Donald Trump cal...

Mar 31, 2020

New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the U...

Mar 31, 2020