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The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:45 p.m. A bill aimed at relieving the economic strains of COVID-19 has been granted royal assent. The $73-billion wage ...

OTTAWA - Parliament has approved a massive $73-billion wage subsidy program aimed at helping businesses and workers survive the economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bill to implement...

OTTAWA - When 40 Canadian Rangers swung into action in northern Quebec this week to set up heated tents for COVID-19 screening and conduct other tasks in their local communities due to the pandemic, t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

A police investigation is underway at a private long-term care facility in western Montreal where Quebec Premier Francois Legault said 31 people have died since March 13. Legault told report...

OTTAWA - The federal minister of Indigenous Services says even though the number of COVID-19 cases on reserves remains low, no one should be complacent. Marc Miller told reporters during a news confer...

The COVID-19 pandemic takes a particularly heavy toll on Canadians with disabilities and more efforts are needed to ensure they're included in national efforts to respond to the crisis, the minister o...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is working with the G20 to come up with a joint response to falling oil prices amid the COVID-19 crisis. But Trudeau did not say specifically what Ca...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:45 p.m. British Columbia is reporting five more deaths due to COVID-19, along with 40 new cases. That brings the provin...

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault hails Quebec health-care workers as "guardian angels," but some say they are being denied services at banks and pharmacies when they reveal their occupati...