MONTREAL—Rev. Jean-Luc Laflamme knows that Thetford Mines has seen better days. The “golden age” in the working-class community in south-central Quebec, best known for its now-closed asbestos mines, was in the 1950s and 1960s, he said.
The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
Donald “Mad Scientist” Trump’s promise of an imminent COVID-19 vaccine may be as flawed as his hope that ingesting bleach is a viable antidote. But thousands of real scientists around the world are chasing cures, treatments, vaccines, testing regimens and everything to do with detecting, predicting, mapping and containing coronavirus.
A Toronto doctor and a Toronto investment company are at the centre of attempts to bring sports back after two months of lockdowns due to the coronavirus.
Toronto Western Hospital reported another outbreak of COVID-19, which comes after it began mass testing all patients and staff last week in response to a separate series of outbreaks.
When Porter Airlines and Air Canada pulled out of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in March due to the global pandemic, that left just one tenant to keep the lights on.
Canadians working aboard two cruise ships who have been prevented from coming ashore due to COVID-19 concerns are finally being allowed to return home.
While Burlington residents have lodged complaints on social media about a lack of social distancing at Spencer Smith Park, the city says rules are generally being followed.
Peel Region hit an unfortunate milestone on Saturday after confirmed and probable cases surpassed the 3,000 mark across Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon with nearly 200 deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
MONTREAL—Quebec’s public health institute says deaths could spike in the greater Montreal area if physical distancing measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 are lifted.
Discarded protective masks and latex gloves have become a common sight in parking lots and on Brampton streets since the COVID-19 pandemic began and city council wants to put a stop to it.
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUE.—Few people were more excited with the Quebec government’s plan to reopen stores and schools in the epicentre of Canada’s coronavirus outbreak than Annabelle Chouinard.
Officials for The Region of Peel and City of Brampton say the most recent COVID-19 case numbers in Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon are encouraging and that physical distancing measures in place for weeks now are flattening the curve across the region.
On most days since the coronavirus spread through Manhattan, Robert Caro has held to a familiar routine. He rises early, walks to his office down the street, spends hours on the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson biography and enjoys a late-day stroll in Central Park with his wife, Ina, both of them wearing protective masks.