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NEW YORK - Purim is traditionally one of the most joyous Jewish holidays, but some celebrations in Israel and hard-hit parts of the United States are being scaled back or cancelled due to the coronavi...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:25 p.m. Health officials in northern Ontario have confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in ...

OTTAWA - A plane carrying Canadians who were on a cruise ship with a cluster of novel coronavirus cases arrived back in Canada this morning. The government-chartered aircraft landed at Canadian F...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce federal funding to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing numbers of Canadians infected with the new coronavirus and to help worke...

Some 228 Canadians began a two-week quarantine at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, in Ontario, on Tuesday after being repatriated from a cruise ship that's had a cluster of novel coronavirus cases. A gov...

WASHINGTON - The federal government and the United States are communicating "almost daily" in a collective effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus north of the border and acro...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau sought to ease the concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak on a day where financial markets dropped along with the price of oil,&nb...

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):   7:50 p.m. Ontario confirmed one more novel coronavirus case on Monday evening, bringing the total i...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Regal Princess cruise ship finally pulled into a Florida port and passengers began disembarking after two crew members tested negative for coronavirus. The Regal Princess w...

OTTAWA - Health officials are urging Canadians to avoid travelling on all cruise ships to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says there is...