Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - As fretful Canadian parents mull sending their children to school or opting for at-home learning, poorer countries are coming to grips with no school at all as the only option.  Lebanon ...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says hundreds of billions of dollars in planned spending for the military over the next two decades is "secure" despite the ballooning federal deficit to deal w...

VANCOUVER - The daughter of a man who died of COVID-19 paid tribute to him and other seniors who have lost their lives at a memorial she unveiled in the West End of Vancouver. The memorial features a ...

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests there are Canadians who believe that warnings from public officials about the threat of COVID-19 are vastly overblown.Almost one-quarter of respondents in an online poll...

OTTAWA - Provinces are looking to expand COVID-19 testing as many Canadians wait long hours to be swabbed or can't get in for testing at all.Demand for testing surged in much of the country in recent ...

OTTAWA - The threat of a federal election seems to be easing as the Liberal government prepares for a return to Parliament next week amid concerns Canada could already be heading into a dreaded second...

ASBESTOS, Que. - The town of Asbestos, Que., looking to shed its link to the hazardous substance, has narrowed the search for a new name to four contenders. Mayor Hugues Grimard announced on Monday&nb...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:26 p.m. EDT on Sept. 15, 2020: There are 138,803 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 65,554 confirmed (including 5,785 deaths, 57,628 ...

VICTORIA - The looming prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall has governments cautiously monitoring daily infection rates as economies restart and students return to school. A&...

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe addressed COVID-19 recent cases in connection to social gatherings, as well as what COVID-19 policies could look like moving forward into the colder months. “When ...