Tag Archives: health

OTTWAWA, Ont. - The federal government is extending travel restrictions by one month to limit the spread of COVID-19. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Friday on Twitter that existing restriction...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class. It is important that each school have a pla...

MONTREAL - Quebec is reducing the mandatory isolation period required for people infected with COVID-19 from 14 days to 10 because health officials felt it wasn't right to&nbs...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:20 p.m. EDT on Aug. 28, 2020: There are 127,358 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,124 confirmed (including 5,750 deaths, 55,106 r...

VANCOUVER - A group of COVID-19 modellers says the British Columbia government should increase physical distancing measures to help it more safely reopen schools next month. P...

HALIFAX - A COVID-19 vaccine-development partnership between Canada and a Chinese firm has been abandoned, ending clinical trials that were to be conducted by a Dalhousie University res...

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - Two fathers have filed an injunction application demanding the British Columbia government implement tougher safety measures aimed at protecting students from the ris...

More than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, a new report...

LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations. The Oscar winner's disaster relief organization CORE has gone from providing 6,500 tests in a couple...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is bracing for an explosive increase in the number of Canadians who vote by mail should the country be plunged into an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public opin...