Tag Archives: health

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 7:22 p.m. The BC Council of Forest Industries is cancelling its 2020 convention in Prince George because o...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 11, 2020: - Ontario: 42 confirmed - British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including 1 death - Alberta: 19 ...

TORONTO - Cindy Perry was all set for a March break trip to California with her wife and their two children, but the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the globe made her reconsider...

OTTAWA - The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package Wednesday to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in C...

VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's education minister has taken the unprecedented step of ordering all preschoolers and students travelling abroad to refrain from returning to school for two weeks&nbs...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is defending its decision to take more than $4.1 million from Veterans Affairs Canada's operating budget at a time when the department is struggling with a backlog of t...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada: - Ontario: 37 confirmed - British Columbia: 39 confirmed, including 1 death - Quebec: 4 confirmed; 1 presumptive - Albert...

LOS ANGELES - "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" will tape without studio audiences in response to the ongoing virus outbreak. A person close to the shows tells The Associated Press Monday that the mo...