As the number of COVID-19 cases rises across Canada, doctors are discussing the delicate decisions some patients and families will need to make if physical distancing, handwashing and border restrictions fail to slow down the spread and intensive…
Volunteer dies of COVID-19 as daughter races across…
Last week, Pam Smith set out on a race against time driving from B.C. to Ontario, hoping to be near her mother as she took her last breaths. She didn't make it. Jean Pollock, a…
Trudeau gives update on Canadas plan to secure…
The Canadian government says it's ordering millions of masks and thousands of ventilators to cope with the country's rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that his government has inked deals with three Canadian companies — Thornhill…
Prisoner advocates urge release strategy to prevent spread…
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has asked the heads of Canada's prison system and parole board to consider early release for some federal inmates to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 behind bars. Blair's spokesperson Mary-Liz…
COVID-19 prompts flood of people to write, change…
Waves of people concerned about COVID-19 are rushing to write or change their wills, but they're running into a roadblock caused by the effort to curb the pandemic. Legally, a last will and testament or any changes…
Some health experts questioning advice against wider use…
Science magazine had been trying for days to speak to the elusive George Gao, head of China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. When the magazine asked him if he could point to any mistakes that…
U.S. Amazon and Instacart workers strike to protest…
Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers in the U.S. walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a…
Partisan divisions on COVID-19 exist in Canada but…
In response to a reporter's question on Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford passed on a chance to take a shot at the federal government over the carbon tax — and instead thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Its grim: COVID-19 outbreak in nursing home leaves…
Lloyd Thomas wishes he was well enough to take his wife out of the Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ont., where COVID-19 has killed nine residents since late last week Thomas has nothing but praise for the…