Rumours would normally be swirling at this point in a typical Major League Baseball season, with the trade deadline about a week away and tweaks to be made as teams vie for a World Series title.
Editor’s note: Some have termed COVID-19 “the great equalizer” because it can indiscriminately infect anyone. But the impact it has on people and families is far from equal. The Star’s Viral Inequality series looks at how people from various walks of life have seen their lives change, and, in some cases, how they’ve slipped through the safety net of government support.
VANCOUVER—When Dr. Bonnie Henry walked through Vancouver’s trendy Gastown neighbourhood to pick up the designer shoes named after her, and had her photo taken when she stopped to look at a street-art painting made in her honour, the celebration of her leadership in “flattening the curve” was at a high.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
WASHINGTON—“It will probably get worse before it gets better,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the first White House coronavirus briefing he’s held since late April. “That’s something I don’t like saying about things, but that’s the way it is, it’s what we have.”
VICTORIA—The COVID-19 infection rate is moving up in British Columbia, with 30 more positive tests arising from several community exposures and one active outbreak.