Maple Leaf Foods says pandemic costs will add up to $20 million to Q2 expenses

The Scugog library continues to be well-used by the community even though the building was shuttered in mid-March due to the coronavirus.

I was so frustrated with the public health establishment and their constant need to be politically correct all the time, writes Jennifer Jenkins-Scott

“During this time social distancing, it is important for all of us to have a daily routine,” principal says.

Those Highway 407 aren't very popular, but some of that money is being used for a good cause during the pandemic.

BEIJING—China has decided to hold the annual meeting of its ceremonial parliament late next month after postponing it for weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will not allow companies that use offshore tax havens to receive COVID-19 bailout funds.

The Canadian Football League is asking the federal government for up to $150 million in financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Natasha Crowcroft has a pretty sunny disposition for someone who fought for Ontario public health for years and saw budgets get gutted, and whose specialty is immunization in an era where some people think they know better. She runs the centre for vaccine-preventable diseases at the University of Toronto. She’s fighting a good fight.

There seems to be a lot of optimism that Major League Baseball will return at some point this summer but, even if it does, the game will have to look a bit different than it did before.

Only one national agency — Environment Canada — has a central emergency alert plan, but that could change as the RCMP evaluates its response to the mass shooting.

Session is the first in a series of talks organized in lieu of an anti-racism conference scheduled for March that was cancelled due to the pandemic

Professional sports with few or no fans in attendance. It’s an idea whose time is coming.

Canadian MPs meet online in first virtual session of House of Commons

Woman who lost children, father in crash says drunk driver granted day parole

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer looks for answers in return of House of Commons

City says outreach teams worked to ensure homeless residents were offered somewhere safe to go — in shelters or hotels — before the tent city was deco

The federal government recently announced it will fund at least one million blood tests to track the novel coronavirus over the next two years. This is a step in the right direction. But is it enough?

Here come the optimists.

Quebec to unveil plan to reopen economy following weeks of COVID-19 shutdown

The dine-at-home landscape continues to change as Berlin-based food delivery app Foodora announced Mondayit is pulling out of Canada after May 11. Foodora blamed the decision, which comes just over two months after a judge ruled in favour of its couriers unionizing in Canada, on competition from other apps.

There have already been COVID-19 outbreaks in correctional institutes across the U.S., British Columbia and Quebec. In Ontario, the largest outbreak has centred on the Ontario Correctional Institute (OCI), where of 109 inmates, 80 have tested positive, as well as 21 correctional officers.

Treatment of a simulated COVID-19 patient in critical conditions gives the public an inside look at front-line health care workers saving a life, and

There have now been a total of 923 cases of the virus confirmed locally

It took federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough an agonizing 19 days to inform the public that she wanted Canada’s Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to be exempt from clawbacks under provincial and territorial social assistance and disability support programs.

Ontario reports 525 new COVID-19 cases, ending three days of declining increases

COVID-19 numbers improving, Trudeau says, but too soon to life restrictions

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer looks for answers in return of House of Commons

Canadian MPs meet online in first virtual session of House of Commons

Prime minister of Papua New Guinea threatens to take over Barrick gold mine

Ontario’s death toll from COVID-19 has now doubled since Premier Doug Ford acknowledged the virus was spreading like “wildfire” in nursing homes in mid-April.

Quebec to unveil plan to reopen economy following weeks of COVID-19 shutdown

Ontario reports 525 new COVID-19 cases, ending three days of declining increases

North American stock markets open trading higher, loonie up against US$

“Our family is forever broken; a piece of our hearts is gone,” said Sonia Horta-Barresi.

Canadians divided over making COVID-19 vaccine mandatory: Poll

Cars sitting idle for long stretches prone to problems

King’s Landing Restobar has provided about 300 meals for front-line workers in Hamilton, using donations from a GoFundMe campaign.

Toronto, Toni Watson feels your pain.

Three weeks ago, in this space, we announced with much pomp and self-satisfaction that the Star would be livestreaming the nine ring-tailed lemurs of the Toronto Zoo, providing a sure cure for quarantine boredom. The lemurs, it turns out, were too shy. So we’ve moved our cameras into the exhibit of a still more glorious primate: gorillas. Equal parts Hercules and Socrates, the gorilla truly puts the “great” in great ape.

The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Barbara Borota would visit her husband Michael every day at Waterdown’s Alexander Place.

Frontline Durham staff have enough personal protective equipment to help keep them safe during their ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic — for now. Here in their own words is how Durham is managing to provide PPE to their front-line staff.

Jason Lavelle’s story is a sad one, but his resiliency is evident in his constant struggle to recover, writes Cheryl Adam

Hospitals start to look at rescheduling postponed surgeries but need buffer in case of COVID-19 surge.

Rents are coming due again on Friday. Professor Martine August argues many landlords are financially viable enough to forgive rents during the pandemic, while Tom Irwin, of the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario, says the only way rents can be eased for many landlords is with government assistance.

On Monday morning Brian Jean lost everything. Again.

While the province’s new framework for getting Ontario back on track may have offered cautious glimmers of hope Monday, data analyzed by the Star suggests we are still a long way from the consistent two-to-four week decrease in new daily COVID-19 cases the government wants to see.

Working group met for the first time to discuss how to ease back physical distancing and what the new normal will look like

Firefighters were able to quickly knock down a trash fire on Monday night