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The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:45 p.m. Local health officials are reporting another case of the new coronavirus in the Greater Toronto...

EDMONTON - Alberta announced its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus Sunday, along with more presumptive cases, officially making it the fourth province to be dealing with COVID-19. Dr....

WHITEHORSE - Coronavirus concerns have led to the cancellation of the Arctic Winter Games. The games, which celebrate northern sports and culture from around the circumpolar world, were to begin March...

TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is getting rid of Roll Up The Rim cups due to the novel coronavirus and is moving much of the annual contest to its app. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing al...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in North Vancouver after two residents were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonni...

MONTREAL - Experts say the novel coronavirus could force millions of people across the globe to work from home, posing potential challenges and benefits. Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, a business prof...

OTTAWA - Canadian researchers are developing a "lab-in-a-box" that could make it cheaper and faster to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus, particularly in remote areas of the world. The project r...

British Columbia declared an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a North Vancouver long-term care home on Saturday, saying two elderly residents were recently diagnosed with the virus along with four...

OTTAWA - If the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, Inuit communities in Canada and elsewhere in the Arctic are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastruc...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   5:37 p.m. The Ontario Ministry of Health says two more people have tested positive for the novel co...