A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec is forcing cities such as Toronto to rethink how they offer relief in light of restrictions meant to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Libraries, community centres and pools spaces where residents can traditionally go to cool down remain closed due to COVID-19 related health measures as temperatures are expected to soar above 30C for several days.In Toronto, where hundreds of such spaces were identified as a heat relief network last year, officials say they will open six emergency cooling centres across the city.They say the cent

The Canadian Forces say 36 members working in long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec have now become sick with COVID-19. That's up from 28 cases of the novel coronavirus among those troops less than a week ago.The military has been deployed to nursing homes in the two provinces to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with residents' needs because of all the protective measures they need to take, or off work because they're ill themselves.Much of their work is tasks such as food service and moving and maintaining equipment, with some medical staff also serving in

As flights restarted in India after two months because of the coronavirus lockdown, a 5 year old boy travelled all alone from Delhi to Bengaluru to meet his mother after 3 months. Five year old Vihaan Sharma walked into the arms of his overjoyed mother at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. He travelled as a special category passenger. The boy's pictures are going viral on social media.

There are 85,711 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 47,984 confirmed (including 4,069 deaths, 14,654 resolved) Ontario: 25,904 confirmed (including 2,102 deaths, 19,698 resolved) Alberta: 6,879 confirmed (including 138 deaths, 5,979 resolved) British Columbia: 2,530 confirmed (including 161 deaths, 2,102 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,051 confirmed (including 58 deaths, 974 resolved) Saskatchewan: 634 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 546 resolved) Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 268 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 260 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 25

Premier John Horgan is welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to work with the provinces to give workers 10 days of paid sick leave. Horgan has called for a paid sick leave program to prevent people from feeling financial pressure to work while ill during the COVID-19 pandemic. He says the virus affects every part of the country so he's glad to see the federal government has committed to working with the provinces to provide a national response. Sick leave pay was a key demand of the federal NDP to gain their support for a motion to limit sittings and votes in the House of Commons

BC has had 12 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the last two days, for a total of two thousand five hundred and 30 cases. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says four more people have died for a death toll of one hundred and 61. The latest community outbreak involves five workers at Nature's Touch, a frozen fruit processing plant in Abbotsford. Henry says there have been no cases of workers passing on COVID-19 through packaging and the food supply is safe.

Vancouver looks at slow streets to create space for pedestrians amid pandemic Vancouver is considering plans to repurpose 50 kilometres of roadway in an effort to create more space for restaurant patios, lines outside of businesses, walking and cycling. The city says the so-called ``slow streets'' will have signs and barriers telling people to drive slowly and use the streets for local access only. It says the plans include expediting the permitting process for outdoor patios to give room to serve people as they maintain physical distancing requirements. A news release from the city says 12 k

Quebec is reporting 85 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 today, bringing the total number to 4,069 since the beginning of the pandemic. Premier Francois Legault says 42 of the newly reported deaths occurred more than seven days ago in Laval, a hard-hit city north of Montreal. The province now has 47,984 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 573 cases compared to Sunday. With a heat wave forecast for Montreal this week, the province says it's trying to come up with a plan to keep seniors in long-term care homes cool while avoiding more outbreaks. Legault says he's happy the province m

After photos of Toronto park this weekend showed people packed together with little regard for physical distancing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians have a responsibility to follow public health rules to slow the spread of COVID-19. He says any reopening of public spaces and restoration of economic activity will have to happen gradually and carefully, with each community tailoring restrictions to local circumstances. PM Trudeau avoids responding to a few questions directly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau avoided responding directly to questions about why the Liberal party is using