COVID-19 Coronavirus

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 7:22 p.m. The BC Council of Forest Industries is cancelling its 2020 convention in Prince George because o...

Mar 14, 2020

Manitoba government blocked by Opposition from tabling budget

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats blocked the government from introducing its budget Wednesday, prompting Premier Brian Pallister to bail on a first ministers meeting in Ottawa later this...

Mar 14, 2020

Trudeau says government eyeing ways to curb COVID-19 spread as pandemic declared

OTTAWA - The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package Wednesday to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in C...

Mar 14, 2020

Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact

OTTAWA - 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 ...

Mar 14, 2020

New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19

FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...

Mar 14, 2020

NHL evaluating options and Emergency departments feeling strained; In The News for March 12

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 12 ... &nb...

Mar 14, 2020

Stock markets recover after turbulent trading

BANGKOK - European stocks rose Friday and Wall Street was set to gain on the open after turbulent trading in Asia and a day after the market's worst session in over three decades. Shares rose in Paris...

Mar 14, 2020

Toronto Raptors players, staff advised to go into self-isolation

TORONTO - Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19. The Raptors' 14-day isolation c...

Mar 14, 2020

NHL suspends season due to COVID-19 pandemic: 'An appropriate course of action'

NHL arenas will be dark for the foreseeable future. And when teams can return to the ice is really anyone's guess in the wake of commissioner Gary Bettman's announcement Thursday t...

Mar 14, 2020

No visitors: Congress hunkers down against coronavirus

WASHINGTON - The notes started popping up on Congress' office doors this week. Elbow greetings only. A six-foot radius. And that's for lawmakers who are taking visitors at all. "No offence," read one,...

Mar 14, 2020