The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from authorities Sunday about people disregarding the coronavirus physical-distancing rules and risking a resurgence of…
Trudeau leaves door open to using smartphone data…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn't ruled out using smartphone data to track whether people are complying with public health officials' pleas for them to stay inside to curb the COVID-19 pandemic — a notion that raises…
Police reluctant to ticket, arrest COVID-19 rule-breakers |…
The government warnings to Canadians to keep their distance and stay home — especially if they have recently been abroad — are being delivered in the sternest terms. "The duration of this crisis will be…
Canada Post to reduce hours, install clear barriers…
Canada Post is reducing its hours, installing clear barriers at post office counters and introducing other COVID-19-related measures, moves that come as some postal workers criticize how the Crown corporation is responding to the pandemic. Canada Post said Tuesday…
MPs return to Ottawa to pass emergency COVID-19…
Shortly after House of Commons proceedings began Tuesday, the chamber suspended itself while the Liberal government and opposition parties negotiate the finer points of a bill to deliver aid to Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Olympics postponement raises questions, throwing athletes scheduling into…
It's still going to be called Tokyo 2020, but the Olympics and Paralympics are now, most likely, going to be happening in the summer of 2021. In the wake of Tuesday's unprecedented announcement — the…
China to lift coronavirus lockdown in most of…
Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside. People with a clean bill of…
IOC, Japan agree to postpone Olympics, says Japanese…
The International Olympic Committee announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandemic that is shutting down daily life around the globe and making planning for a…
Coronavirus: Whats happening in Canada and around the…
The latest: A small number of MPs will be back in Ottawa today, a day after provincial governments in Ontario and Quebec issued orders calling for the closure of non-essential businesses in an effort to…