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The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   12:15 a.m. British Columbia is reporting 77 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 348. That inclu...

WASHINGTON - Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at reporters and broke with his own health officials on the science of the outbrea...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis. In...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has announced a $2.5-billion financial aid package for companies struggling with liquidity due the COVID-19 crisis. Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said&n...

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced its first death linked to COVID-19 and says it's tracking down 72 curlers who attended a doctors' bonspiel that included a person who now has the novel coronavirus. Dr...

REGINA - An investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Allan Woo, president of the Sa...

ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - As of Friday, all asylum seekers entering Quebec from the United States at Roxham Road will be temporarily housed during 14 days of mandatory isolation at ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government tabled its 2020-21 budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: - The province estimates health care costs this year could jump b...

WINNIPEG - The Progressive Conservative government tabled its 2020-21 budget on Thursday. Here is a list of some winners and losers: WINNERS Drivers: Vehicle registration fees are to be cut by 10...

OTTAWA - Karen Grepin's family arrived in Hong Kong six months ago to start a grand adventure in a new country after she took a job as a professor of public health at the University of Hong Kong. They...