Tag Archives: health

CALGARY - A woman says she's terrified for her brother who has a severe mental disability and is living in a Calgary long-term care home where there's a deadly outbreak of COV...

OTTAWA - Here is the federal government's latest guidance on COVID-19 and masks: - Wearing a non-medical mask - such as a homemade, cotton covering - is an additional measure you can ta...

OTTAWA - New Democrats say the COVID-19 pandemic is distracting the federal and provincial governments from helping a northern-Ontario First Nation whose residents have been forced to e...

OTTAWA - Battles are brewing in some cities over use of increasingly limited public space, as local governments struggle with whether to give more room for pedestrians to spread out. The Public Health...

OTTAWA - As Canadians said farewell to the COVID-19-stricken Coral Princess cruise ship on Monday for their long journey home, other recently repatriated high-seas travellers coped with...

OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public health doctor said Monday. Dr....

WASHINGTON - One of America's largest manufacturers of medical face masks rode to Canada's rescue Monday, forging an agreement with the White House that allows it to provide millions of its precious N...

OTTAWA - The federal government will soon change rules to let hundreds of thousands hard-hit workers access pandemic-related emergency relief, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Monday as fed...

OTTAWA - Days before Canada announced more than $100 million in new foreign aid to fight COVID-19, a federal minister and a leading aid advocate said the country can't afford to scrimp on its overseas...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:30 p.m. 3M says it will continue to send N95 respirators to Canada after reaching an agreement with the White House to ...