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FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has a second case of COVID-19 and health officials say it's connected to another case that was confirmed earlier this week. Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medic...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 14, 2020: - Ontario: 103 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 73 confirmed, including ...

Canadian prison officials say they are adopting an existing flu-outbreak plan in preparation for the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping across the country. Correctional Service Canada sa...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's call for recently retired doctors to return to work if the COVID-19 pandemic worsens is spurring other provinces to make similar emergency preparations, says the&nb...

VANCOUVER - When the overdose crisis struck British Columbia four years ago, Dave Apsey was among a small group of people in a unique position to respond. As a drug user who helped open a needle excha...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreading no...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is closing schools for three weeks because of COVID-19. Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen says classes will be suspended starting March 23. Schools will be ...

TORONTO - Mosques across the country have cancelled or altered their Friday prayer programs, after two Islamic associations called for the practice to be suspended to prevent the spread of COVID-19. T...

Two Nunavut hamlets are asking visitors to stay away to help keep COVID-19 out of the remote communities with limited public health resources. "The council is asking consultants or people coming in to...

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - An Alberta-based humanitarian organization says 13 Canadians who were detained in Ethiopia have returned to Canada. Canadian Humanitarian says in a statement on its website that ...