Roughly half of long-term care workers are part-time, cobbling together part-time jobs to pay the bills

Kevin Smith, president of the University Health Network, said he is dismayed that people continue to leave their homes and socialize in groups despite public health recommendations not to.

While Ontario is processing thousands of tests for COVID-19, a gap in what data has been reported could be influencing how people react to the pandemic, according to a health communications expert with Ryerson University.

CPAC previously raised funds for hospital supplies in Wuhan, China

More than a third of low paid workers risk losing their jobs, compared to only 1% those with high pay, according to a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

No one will be denied service; questions are designed to protect police, paramedics and firefighters.

The city — and local plumbers — are asking you to not flush disinfectant wipes or other pipe-clogging material.

Mom remains haunted as teen's fate unknown

Social distancing, cleanliness keys to flattening COVID-19 infection curve

Novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, is wreaking havoc in Ontario and impacting our daily lives, from changing how we go to work, how our children are learning and even how we eat.

The measures were immediately deemed by some as insufficient to deal with the financial pinch that newspapers, broadcasters and other media organizations are now facing as their advertising revenues evaporate.

A statement from the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office said it has completed its investigation into Jamal Khashoggi’s grisly killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and has indicted 20 Saudi nationals.

The gunman held many of the worshippers hostage for several hours as Afghan special forces, helped by international troops, tried to clear the building.

Roadblocks on bridges and at expressway gates opened, allowing trucks and cars through for the first time in two months.

Although the lockdown made provisions for people to leave their homes to buy food, TV news and social media showed police striking would-be shoppers in the streets with batons in the southern state of Kerala, the financial hub of Mumbai and New Delhi.

As many panicked Canadians hoard supplies of toilet paper and hand sanitizer, a group in Vancouver is spreading a message of giving back for those in need.

Increasing wage subsidies for employers would prevent lay offs in the first place, reducing the need for EI, businesses say.

The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday.

The federal government’s COVID-19 rescue package has been passed into law. Here are its major features.

Ontario reported 13 dead from COVID-19 on Wednesday and 100 new cases of the virus that has spread like wildfire around the world.

Food banks and agencies that offer school food programs working hard to keep up with demand

Inmates, family fear coronavirus outbreak in overcrowded Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre

Temperatures are expected to rise even further Thursday with a chance of showers.

Health care, policing, firefighting, EMS, public health, long-term care, transit and corrections workers are eligible

The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday.

One expert estimates Canada’s commercial airline industry alone will need between $5 billion and $10 billion.

As COVID-19 cases in Durham and across Ontario increase, Lakeridge Health is ramping up capacity at its Oshawa and Ajax hospitals to treat infected patients.

City officials continue to urge residents to follow traffic safety measures.

It was March 22: the day Alanna McRae had pictured very differently in her head just weeks ago.

Carrying cans of soup out of a No Frills on Victoria Park Avenue, Suman Roy met a middle-aged man who asked for a can.

Owner Phil Hauser says the response has been fabulous, with some customers breaking into tears at doorsteps when presented with their prescription and a bright handful of flowers.

Canada will enforce a “mandatory” quarantine of people returning from abroad as the federal government continues to urge everyone to stay at home to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Hamilton researchers racing against the clock as projections show health-care system could be strained within four to five weeks

The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday.

Ontario reported a ninth death from COVID-19 on Wednesday and 100 new cases of the virus that has spread like wildfire around the world.

COVID-19 disruption a painful setback for project already decades behind in building an adequate network.

Hamilton to install signs at escarpment stairs and trails warning people to maintain physical distancing.

Organizations also seek clarity for what qualifies as an essential business.

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever and cough, and in serious cases difficulty breathing.

As of March 25, Peel Public Health is reporting 63 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Work targeted to begin on April 6

A witness flagged down police and pointed out fleeing suspect vehicle

The House of Commons has agreed to the Liberals’ $82 billion COVID-19 aid package after marathon closed-door negotiations stretched well into Wednesday morning.

'No idea is off the table,' says provincial health minister

As pandemic-related layoffs mount, employees need to know their rights — and their bosses’ obligations, labour lawyers say.

A note telling employees at an Edmonton Tim Hortons franchise that they were expected to come in to work even if they called in sick was removed Tuesday as the company reiterated its policy.

While the country scrambles to contain the coronavirus, the Canadian franchise is facing more criticism.

‘I feel horrible about it, but I know it’s the right thing to do, too,’ says Coun. Lloyd Ferguson, chair of the HCA board.

But advocates say people without homes need extra help to maintain ‘physical distancing’ in a pandemic.

Businesses in Durham are finding ways to get their products to customers as social distancing requirements tighten