MONTREAL—Former Canadian figure skater and Olympic medallist Joannie Rochette will be working at Quebec’s long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C.—Authorities at a federal institution in British Columbia say they have stepped up precautionary measures after more than 100 inmates were tested positive for the new coronavirus.

MADRID—Spain’s health minister said Sunday that Spaniards should not expect to see professional soccer restart before the summer.

HALIFAX—Public Health officials in Nova Scotia reported two more deaths related to COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 24.

Hamilton fire crews contained the fire but the entire home sustained heavy smoke damage.

Ontario reports 437 new cases, 24 new deaths from COVID-19; 14,432 total cases

"I will go to bat for Hamilton funding whatever the city wants," said Tassi.

Public health officials will be required to provide recommendations on how individuals can maintain physical distancing.

The itch to transition out of isolation and back into something that resembles normal life is growing in Canada, as countries around the world began to open their doors for the first time since COVID-19 lockdowns were put in place.

When the timeline of the pandemic of 2020 is complete, March 24 will stand out as a day to remember for everyone from sports fans to anthropologists to cola drinkers.

Rally started at hard-hit Anson Place in Hagersville then Stoney Creek nursing home

Police say the incident happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

One girl dies, sister wounded in stabbing, mother arrested by Montreal police

EDMONTON—There was something oddly uncomfortable about the little brown box that had arrived in my mail.

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.

Wage subsidy program to help fund faith as congregations face COVID-19 crunch

WASHINGTON—Our house here in the suburbs of D.C. backs onto a ravine valley, and in it there is a very busy road — a parkway that is one of the main traffic arteries for navigating our part of town. This past weekend, Rebecca and I and our three kids went out to stroll on it, wander down the middle of street, and explore the stream banked with boulders and crossed by fallen trees beside it.

Cooped up in a townhouse with no backyard for the past few weeks hasn’t been easy for Ken Lister and his family, which includes a six-year-old and a four-year-old with lots of energy to run off each day.

Big number: 43 per cent, the share of people in nine downtown neighbourhoods that were walking or cycling to get to work according to the 2016 census. Toronto has so far resisted calls to close traffic lanes to create more space for walking and cycling in this part of the city.

There are few certainties about the pandemic legacy, despite claims that we will be changed forever. We are all by nature recidivists about behaviours and roles we are comfortable in.

A lot of noteworthy things are being buried by the avalanche of news about the COVID-19 pandemic. One that passed last week was the fact that two Canadians have now spent more than 500 days of captivity in China.

After the crowd goes home, the ghost light flickers to life on the Royal Alexandra’s stage. It’s been that way since 1907, a cautionary bulb casting a glow to prevent a stumble into the orchestra pit below.

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot

In Iceland, nearly half of people with COVID-19 had no symptoms when they were swabbed for a scientific study. In the United States, preliminary results from a new antibody survey suggests as many as one in five New Yorkers may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus. And in the waters off the coast of Guam, more than 850 sailors on a navy warship have been infected in a massive outbreak — with roughly half reporting no symptoms when they were tested.

VANCOUVER—British Columbia counted its first COVID-19-related death in a First Nations community on Saturday, the province’s top doctor said as she announced 95 more people had been diagnosed with the virus.

Front-line workers, including long-term-care home staff, personal support workers and shelter employees, will get a financial boost after the province announced a pandemic pay raise Saturday — money to acknowledge the risk each worker is taking in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Only one senior’s home has briefly got help from redeployed hospital staff despite provincial promises of more ‘boots on the ground’

Under a sunny sky in a midtown parkette on Saturday afternoon, Sylvester and Leslie Wong tied the knot with a tiny, socially-distanced wedding.

“It’s reckless to do what they’re doing, and personally I think it’s selfish.”

Ontario reports 48 more deaths related to COVID-19, 476 new cases

A homeless mother lies in bed with her new born baby snuggled up beside her.

A group of community organizations that work with Toronto’s homeless residents has taken legal action against the city, saying social distancing rules to protect against the spread of COVID-19 have been ignored in shelters

Aston Villa players will take a 25 per cent pay cut to help the English Premier League club during the coronavirus outbreak.

VANCOUVER—British Columbia is looking to temporarily relocate people from tent encampments in Vancouver and Victoria to hotel and community centre accommodations to protect them from the ongoing pandemic.

HALIFAX—Families of the 22 people killed in a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia are making arrangements to lay their ones to rest.

Major League Baseball and almost all other professional sports leagues are on an indefinite hiatus because of the global pandemic, but there is one member of last year’s Blue Jays team who still makes his living on the diamond.

EU rallies Canada, allies to help WHO after Trump temporarily withdraws funding

AMSTERDAM—Dutch top-flight club FC Utrecht is preparing for legal action to fight the Royal Netherlands Football Association’s decision to cancel the remainder of the league season and allocate places in next season’s European competitions based on the standings when play was halted by the coronavirus crisis.

Kayla Bellinger was last seen on Friday. She was wearing a bright yellow hoodie.

COVID-19: Ottawa announces $62.5 million for country's fish and seafood sector

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says neither Ottawa nor the provinces are preparing plans to reopen the country that hinge on people being immune to catching COVID-19 a second time.

Mat-Su school board bans 5 books from high school curriculum

In a tense scene from the 2011 movie Contagion, now making a comeback on streaming services as life imitates pandemic art, a heroic scientist pulls a sample out of a freezer at her lab late one night.

Prime Minister Trudeau to give update in Ottawa on COVID-19 Saturday

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing a $62.5-million aid package to help the country’s fish and seafood processors protect workers from COVID-19.

COVID-19: Ottawa announces $62.5 million for country's fish and seafood sector

Council will discuss creating a mayor's task force on reopening economy April 29.

Breslau company has reported seven confirmed cases of the virus among its workforce

It was not easy helping your kids with their homework when they were in the classroom. Now, with schools closed but the school work continuing at home, parents are playing a much bigger role — with all the pleasures and frustrations that come with that.