Dr. Upton Allen, head of infectious diseases at the Hospital for Sick Children, remembers the winter day he started to worry about the novel coronavirus that first began circulating in Wuhan, China.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Mobile testing is finally coming to the northwest region of Toronto, an initiative that health leaders have advocated for to better support the communities hardest hit by the inequitable burden of COVID-19.
More than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 countries who were winners in the United States government’s Diversity Visa lottery program and relatives in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s recent executive order suspending immigration until next year.
Mayor John Tory expects the TTC to be one of the major beneficiaries of $19 billion in emergency funding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday to help provinces and municipalities recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Ontario is slowly lifting restrictions on everyday activities as numbers of new COVID-19 cases are relatively low. Part of that easing concerns restrictions on outdoor gatherings — for the areas moving into Stage 3, the crowd limit increases from 50 people to 100.
Netflix Inc. continued to be a beneficiary of the shelter-in-place world with the streaming giant beating its forecast for new subscribers as it named programming chief Ted Sarandos co-chief executive.
MONTREAL—Quebec Premier François Legault said Thursday he is concerned by the rise in COVID-19 infections as the province reported the highest single-day increase in confirmed cases since June.
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili slammed the government’s pandemic plan Monday saying the provincial health authority is withholding the location of those testing positive for COVID-19.
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa has reached an agreement with provinces to provide more than $19 billion in funding to help with economic reopening and prepare for a second wave of COVID-19.
Veteran stylist Kaitlynn Showler opened the Drip Beauty Parlor at 489 Concession Street on June 22.Drip Beatury Parlor is a full-service hair salon that has a separate room for eyelash extension services.Showler is proud of her new location an
The Ford government should scrap changes it made late last year to the province’s tribunal appointment process, a new legal filing from Democracy Watch says, as advocates complain of delay and dysfunction.