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Quebec Premier thanked thousands of people, including Olympic medal winner Joannie Rochette and football player Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is announcing 84 more COVID-19 deaths in the province, for a total of 1,599. There are also 875 new cases, for a total of 24,982. Legault says the COVID-19 situation is largely under control with t...

Ontario: Restrictions introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be eased in three stages

Ontario says its plan to ease restrictions introduced because of the COVID-19 pandemic will happen in three stages, though the steps unveiled today contain few specifics or timelines. Stage one in the framework published today co...

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B.C. woman whose disappearance sparked wide search found dead in Burnaby: police

The body of a missing British Columbia woman has been found two months after she disappeared. A statement from New Westminster police says the body believed to be that of Nirla Sharma was discovered Sunday along the Fraser River b...

Quebec to reopen schools : Legault

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is announcing elementary schools and daycares outside the greater Montreal area will reopen on May 11.Schools and daycares in greater Montreal region will reopen the next week, on May 19.He says sc...

Nearly 10,000 businesses apply for wage subsidy in first hours : Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says nearly 10,000 businesses have applied for the federal government's wage-subsidy program to help them deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.The emergency measure will cover 75 percent of wages for emplo...

B.C. announces $500K in funding for seniors caregivers support

B.C. has pledged to double its contribution to help support caregivers and seniors as part of its emergency COVID-19 response plan.The province's seniors advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, says B.C. is providing an additional 500,000 to help support caregivers and seniors.She says this doubles the funding to Family Caregivers of B.C. to $1 million for the year and will help expand toll-free support line hours, emotional supports and healthcare navigation.Family Caregivers of B.C. is a not-for-profit organization that supports people who care for senior citizens....

B.C. to move more than 1000 people from tent encampments into safer accommodations

British Columbia is looking to temporarily relocate over 1,000 people from tent encampments in Vancouver and Victoria to hotel and community centre accommodations to protect them from the ongoing pandemic. Shane Simpson, Social Development and Poverty Reduction Minister, says 686 hotel and community centre accommodations in Vancouver and 324 hotel spaces in Victoria have been secured by the province. Simpson says people will have their own living space and access to services, such as meals, laundry, washroom facilities, health-care services, addictions treatment and harm reduction, storage for...

COVID-19: Ottawa announces $62.5 million for country's fish and seafood sector

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing a $62.5-million aid package to help the country's fish and seafood processors protect workers from COVID-19. Trudeau said today the money is earmarked for personal protective equipment a...

43,888 COVID-19 cases in Canada, 2,302 deaths reported so far

There are 43,888 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 22,616 confirmed (including 1,340 deaths, 4,724 resolved) Ontario: 13,519 confirmed (including 763 deaths, 7,087 resolved) Alberta: 4,017 confirmed (including 72 deaths, 1,397 resolved) British Columbia: 1,853 confirmed (including 98 deaths, 1,114 resolved) Nova Scotia: 850 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 392 resolved) Saskatchewan: 341 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 280 resolved) Manitoba: 252 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 174 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 256 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 199 resolv...