Tag Archives: health

TORONTO - The number of people in Canada killed by COVID-19 passed the 4,000 mark on Tuesday, as provinces eased anti-pandemic restrictions and the government announced new aid for farmers. The grim f...

A Canadian software developer says he has resigned his position as a vice president with Amazon over the firing of employees who he says fought for better COVID-19 protection in the company'...

TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...

OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...

WASHINGTON - Canada is keeping a safe distance - for now - from the theory that the COVID-19 outbreak began by accident in a virology laboratory in China - a narrative that's gaining traction by ...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will need to maintain its independence to aid the economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as the country's debt levels rise, says the bank's secon...

OTTAWA - Canada joined the global community Monday in helping to raise $11 billion toward a COVID-19 vaccine, amid promises to avoid past pandemic practice and make it available fo...

HIGH RIVER, Alta. - The husband of a meat-packing worker who died last month remembered her as "a wonderful wife" who indulged him as he expressed his grief at a memorial Monday, the sa...

Phase 1 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan begins on Monday. Part of Phase 1 includes a return of some medical services like physical therapy, chiropractic care, optometry and dentistry. Returning to th...