As Ontario hit a grim new COVID-19 milestone Saturday, leaders in some of the province’s harder-hit areas urged the provincial government not to impose more restrictions on regions that haven’t already been rolled back to Stage 2.
Canada’s top physician says she fears the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths may increase in the coming weeks as the second wave continues to drive the national death toll toward 10,000.
The new year will bring a shifting of gears for Seetarama (Swamy) Kotagiri, who will take over the helm of Ontario-based auto parts giant Magna from long-time CEO Don Walker, who announced his retirement Tuesday.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Cancer surgeons in Ontario are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people coming to hospital with advanced cancers, an unintended consequence of the sudden shutdown of non-urgent health-care services during the spring wave of COVID-19.
WASHINGTON—It seemed like no one in Canada wanted an election right now. But Canadians almost got one anyway this week, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau forced a high-stakes confidence vote over a Conservative motion to investigate alleged corruption in the WE Charity scandal.
When Louise Coutu’s phone buzzed over Thanksgiving weekend, at her cottage in Tiny, Ont., she felt a sinking feeling as she scanned the message. It was the manager of a women’s shelter run by the Society of Saint Vincent De Paul of Toronto, where Coutu is the executive director.
Only about a dozen companies have applied to Ottawa’s emergency loan program for large employers since it launched in May, with two having so far been approved.