Tag Archives: health

OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for drug shortages as COVID-19 disrupts global supply lines, the federal health ministry's top public servant says. A lack of medications to fill ordinary prescriptions...

OTTAWA - Canadian troops returning from Ukraine this month have not been told whether they will allowed to quarantine at home or be forced to spend two weeks somewhere else while they wait to see whet...

OTTAWA - Parliamentarians will soon find themselves voting anew on spending measures to help the country to combat the financial fallout from COVID-19 - help that is going to cost the federal tre...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruise ships and get them back to Canada. The U.S. Coast Guard has directed a...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   9:35 p.m. U.S. President Donald Trump says there are plans to remove nearly 250 Canadians from two cruis...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on April 1, 2020: There are 8,591 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 4,162 confirmed (in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Medical officers of health and Canada's chief public health officer are encouraging people to wash their hands, giv...

OTTAWA - Canadians are supposed to get more details today of the federal government's massive emergency wage subsidy program - a day later than promised. Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Sm...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are among the MPs who are promising to donate an automatic increase in their salaries to charity, as the COVID-19...

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...