Canadians should brace for a shortage of office furniture, such as desks and chairs, as people continue to study and work from home this fall. Ikea Canada spokeswoman Kristin Newbigging says the company has seen an increase in demand for office furnishings and other gear needed for work-from-home setups. This comes as a looming second wave of COVID-19 means many Canadians are not returning to the office or school just yet. At the same time, she says the company is experiencing the impacts of overseas suppliers still being closed for business, making it hard to meet demand. And when those supp

A trio of federal cabinet minister is warning COVID-19 researchers to take additional precautions to protect their efforts from thieves and vandals.The statement today says the federal government is concerned about "hostile actors" targeting pandemic-related research in this country and urges government scientists, academics and private-sector workers to double- and triple-check their security measures.Signed by Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, Health Minister Patty Hajdu and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, the statement recommends strong cyber- and physical-security protocols.It's not cle

Canada's foreign affairs minister says the federal government is still trying to cool its dispute with the United States over aluminum exports, but remains poised to retaliate if necessary.Francois-Philippe Champagne says he believes the standoff is an opportunity to figure out new ways to bring manufacturing back to life across North America. But in the short term, Champagne says, Canada is fully prepared to impose dollar-for-dollar countermeasures against U.S.-made aluminum and products that contain it, beginning Wednesday.The Trump administration imposed the new national-security tariffs l

There are 135,625 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 64,463 confirmed (including 5,774 deaths, 56,843 resolved) Ontario: 44,068 confirmed (including 2,813 deaths, 39,598 resolved) Alberta: 15,415 confirmed (including 253 deaths, 13,718 resolved) British Columbia: 6,962 confirmed (including 213 deaths, 5,273 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,688 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,598 resolved) Manitoba: 1,393 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 1,090 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,086 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,019 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved) New B

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian government began preparing for a possible pandemic when it first got word of a mysterious cluster of cases of pneumonia in China on New Year's Eve. The federal government is facing accusations it didn't act quickly enough to warn Canadians about how dangerous COVID-19 was to their health and the economy. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says there was a lot of work done in January and February, including getting labs ready to test for the novel coronavirus. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu told Canadians as late as March 1

The RCMP say they've charged former Liberal MP Raj Grewal with fraud and breach of trust.They allege the former MP for Brampton East took millions of dollars in personal loans without telling the federal ethics commissioner, and that he used his political position to solicit those loans.They also say he used his government-funded constituency office budget for his own benefit.Grewal was a rookie MP when he left the Liberal caucus in 2018, amid the beginning of the police investigation, for what he said were personal and health reasons.The Prime Minister's Office said at the time that he was se

Two COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at high schools in southern Alberta. A letter sent to parents of students at Henry Wise Wood High School from Alberta Health Services says two or more cases have been confirmed at the southwest Calgary school. It says the local medical officer of health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the school and public health is investigating to determine who may have been exposed to the virus. A similar letter was sent to parents with children at Chinook High School in Lethbridge. The letter from the medical officers of health from Lethbridge and Medicine Hat

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is offering himself up for questions from Liberal party supporters in a first-of-its-kind virtual fundraiser tonight. Donors ponying up any amount but $25 is what the party suggests get to participate in a mass video link and pose written questions to the Liberal leader.The party says it has received more than 500 questions so far. Montreal MP Rachel Bendayan is moderating the event and will choose which questions to put to Trudeau. Trudeau normally attends multiple fundraisers across the country but the COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to large in-person gatheri

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the quarantine system is "broken" because federal health officers are not charging people ignoring self-isolation orders for COVID-19. Since the end of March, an emergency order under the federal Quarantine Act has required most people arriving from outside Canada to isolate themselves for 14 days, even if they don't have symptoms.Federal quarantine officers can lay charges with penalties of up to six months in jail and fines of $750,000, while police can issue tickets of up to $1,000. Federal health officials say nobody has been arrested for ignoring a quaranti