Tag Archives: health

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...

WASHINGTON - Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international pu...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:47 p.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2020: There are 126,848 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 62,056 confirmed (including 5,750 deaths, 55,008 r...

MONTREAL - Olga Maria Ruiz is reluctantly sending her 11-year-old daughter back to school in Montreal this year, armed with a few extra masks and reminders not to hug her classmates and teachers. As m...

VICTORIA - Back-to-school plans have been posted online for all 60 districts in British Columbia with an aim to offer all instruction in classrooms, but the teachers union says federal ...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:17 p.m. EDT on Aug. 26, 2020: There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,922 r...

OTTAWA - The growing level of anxiety experienced by parents and teachers over reopening schools during a global pandemic have reached the ears of highest level of government - shortly before&nbs...

OTTAWA - Newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's ability to manage social conservatives in his caucus and party will be put to an early test this fall when the Liberal government reintroduces ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving $2 billion more to provinces and territories to help them ensure kids can safely go back to school next month. Prime Minister Justin Trude...

TORONTO - A new research project will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized communities as well as existing biases in the health-care system.  The national project was&nb...