Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has asked the federal prison service and the parole board to look at early release for some offenders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 behind bars. The gove...

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A family grieving the COVID-related death of a Saskatchewan senior is urging the provincial government to be more transparent on the location of active cases. Alice Grov...

OLD CROW, Yukon - The chief of a remote Yukon Indigenous community says the Far North should not be considered a safe place for people to escape the novel coronavirus pandemic. Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm ...

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...

Jennifer Auger wants to continue the legacy of her husband after his death from complications of COVID-19 by opening a group home for at-risk youth in their northern Alberta community. Shawn...

As Canadians self-isolate in droves to help buy time for the health system to get ready for a potential deluge of COVID-19 cases, the federal government is buying supplies. Upwards of 60 million N95 m...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   9:15 p.m. B.C. Premier John Horgan made a direct address to the province tonight, reassuring people that the gover...

OTTAWA - Most Canadians are doing what they're told to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and would support harsher measures to punish those who aren't, a new poll suggests. Of the 1,590 adults surve...

OTTAWA - Governments must be as transparent as possible with Canadians about response measures for COVID-19, says former Liberal public safety minister Ralph Goodale. The cascade of daily briefings fr...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:30 p.m. ET on March 31, 2020: There are 8,591 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 4,162 confirmed...