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Apr 08, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable condition on Wednesday after receiving oxygen support for COVID-19 complications, raising questions about how key decisions would be taken in his absence.
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Apr 08, 2020
Zoom Video Communications Inc. was slapped with a class-action suit yesterday one of its shareholders, accusing the videoconferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to disclose that its service was not end-to-end encrypted.
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Apr 08, 2020
The number of COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario each day has dwindled steadily over the past week, raising concerns that the province is failing to capture the true spread of the coronavirus.
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Apr 08, 2020
The snafus in obtaining vital medical equipment to cope with COVID-19 has reignited a long-simmering argument over whether Canada should be allowing other countries to produce much of its national security equipment and supplies.
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Apr 08, 2020
A mushroom spray, oil of oregano and a special hat to kill coronavirus in saliva have all been targeted by Health Canada in its crackdown on misleading and false claims of COVID-19 prevention and cures.
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Apr 08, 2020
Work continues on some portions of the Site C hydroelectric dam project in northern B.C., raising concerns that physical distancing won't be maintained at the jobsite and worker's camp, which is currently housing about 1,000 people.
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Apr 08, 2020
We're breaking down what you need to know about the pandemic by answering your questions. You can send us your questions via email at COVID@cbc.ca and we'll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection of answers every weekday on our website, and we're also putting some of your questions to the experts on the air during The National and CBC News Network.
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Apr 08, 2020
While the Canadian Transportation Agency states airlines only have to offer travel vouchers for cancelled flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, both the European Union and the U.S. have declared that passengers are entitled to cash refunds.
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Apr 08, 2020
A mother stuck in India begs the Canadian government to be reunited with her children in Quebec. An Ontario man refuses to abandon his pregnant wife in Peru. Couples navigate border closures, flight cancellations and immigration delays in their bid to stay together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apr 08, 2020
The pandemic has upended every institution, including the political ones. Our MPs could meet and deliberate online — and for the time being, they might have to — but turning Parliament into a 'virtual' institution would be bad for it, and for us.
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Apr 08, 2020
It's unusual for an elected leader to promote unproven medicine. But Donald Trump, a norm-smashing U.S. president facing the political fight of his life, is all-in on a malaria drug as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Now, a global race is on to test the drug — and the wisdom of Trump's move.
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Apr 07, 2020
Welcome to The National, the flagship nightly newscast of CBC News
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Apr 07, 2020
John Prine, the plain-spoken singer-songwriter whose body of work saw him shift effortlessly between poignant reflections on mortality and humorous takes on life's absurdities, has died after battling the COVID-19, his family announced on Tuesday.
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Apr 07, 2020
John Prine, the plain-spoken singer-songwriter whose body of work saw him shift effortlessly between poignant reflections on mortality and humorous takes on life's absurdities, has died after falling ill with COVID-19, his family announced on Tuesday.
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Apr 07, 2020
Canada's doctors and nurses are demanding that the federal government do more to protect front line workers against COVID-19, calling a critical lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) "outrageous and unacceptable."
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Apr 07, 2020
Public health experts with the Quebec government are projecting between 1,200 and 9,000 people could die of COVID-19 by the end of the month, although authorities hasten to add they believe the current trajectory for mortalities is toward the lower end of that range.
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Apr 07, 2020
After downplaying the effectiveness of non-medical face masks, both the chief public health officer and federal health minister now say they would wear them in cases where physical distancing isn't possible in public.
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Apr 07, 2020
Alberta is on track to hit a staggering 25 per cent unemployment rate as businesses continue to shed jobs amid the global COVID-19 pandemic coupled with historically low oil prices, Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday.
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Apr 07, 2020
Modelling projections in a "probable" scenario suggests by the end of summer, Alberta could see as many as 800,000 infections and between 400 and 3,100 deaths.
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Apr 07, 2020
With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.
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Apr 07, 2020
New York recorded the single greatest one-day jump in deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, but the state's governor pointed to signs that the state may be reaching a plateau in its wrenching efforts to limit the damage caused by the pandemic.
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Apr 07, 2020
New York recorded the single greatest one-day jump in deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, but the state's governor pointed to other signs that the state may be reaching a plateau in its wrenching efforts to limit the damage caused by the pandemic.
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Apr 07, 2020
An Ottawa nurse who was left homeless because of fears she would spread COVID-19 says she now has a temporary place to stay and is working on finding a more permanent home.
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Apr 07, 2020
Nearly one million Canadians filed for income support benefits on the first day the emergency COVID-19 program was open for applications.
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Apr 07, 2020
The federal government is allowing the temporary foreign worker program to go ahead this year with modifications to account for COVID-19, but there are still hurdles to getting the workers into the country. Some farmers and beekeepers are worried that their workers will arrive too late.
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Apr 07, 2020
Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix, Ariz., area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players' association.
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Apr 07, 2020
The reanimation of Andrew Scheer's career as Conservative leader has been made possible by the government's mishandling of its response to the COVID-19 crisis, writes Kory Teneycke.
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Apr 07, 2020
Liquor store sales increased across the country in March as shoppers stocked up to wait out the COVID-19 outbreak. That has some addiction experts warning about the potentially risky mix of packed liquor cabinets, stress, anxiety, and days and weeks stuck at home.
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Apr 07, 2020
The worldwide shutdowns are having a deep economic impact, but it might appear as though there could be a silver lining: reduced CO2 emissions. Scientists say that it's not that simple.
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Apr 07, 2020
The worldwide shutdowns are having a deep economic impact, but it might appear as though there could be a silver lining: reduced CO2 emissions. Scientists say that it's not that simple.
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Apr 07, 2020
The government's showcase economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB), has come in for criticism from students.
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Apr 07, 2020
This is a new, scary world, and for many children and young people across the country it has led to soaring levels of anxiety.
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Apr 07, 2020
Municipal and provincial officials and firefighters in Alberta are gearing up for wildfire season as best they can, but nobody has experience dealing with fire fighting during a pandemic.
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Apr 07, 2020
An Ontario nursing home besieged by COVID-19 didn't separate healthy from sick residents or staff until after 16 people had died, and two weeks after the home declared a respiratory outbreak, CBC News has learned.
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Apr 07, 2020
We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send your questions to COVID@cbc.ca and we'll answer as many as we can. We'll publish a selection every weekday online, and we're also putting some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.
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Apr 07, 2020
Liquor store sales increased across the country in March as shoppers stocked up to wait out the COVID-19 outbreak. That has some addiction experts warning about the potentially risky mix of packed liquor cabinets, stress, anxiety, and days and weeks stuck at home.
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Apr 07, 2020
The success of Schitt's Creek has often been attributed to its feel-good comedy and many fans have turned to the Canadian series as respite during troubled times.
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Apr 07, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remained in stable condition in intensive care after suffering a deterioration of his COVID-19 symptoms, and is in good spirits, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
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Apr 07, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was stable overnight in intensive care after suffering a deterioration of his COVID-19 symptoms, and he remains in good spirits, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
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Apr 06, 2020
A Winnipeg family has hit the bricks to share Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's message to children in a video that features little Lego versions of him and reporters, well as a cameo appearance by Manitoba's top public health officials.
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Apr 06, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of Canadian public school students went back to school without leaving home on Monday, as a new learning-from-home framework amid the coronavirus pandemic officially got underway in Ontario and Prince Edward Island.
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Apr 06, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak is currently less severe in British Columbia than in Canada's two largest provinces. The reasons why are part preparation and part luck, say public health experts.
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Apr 06, 2020
It's true that B.C. was able to learn from having a few isolated cases of novel coronavirus in January and February. It's also true the province has been lucky not to have a viral "super-spreader," as has been the case in other places. But there's a bit more to it than that.
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Apr 06, 2020
Wisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday's presidential primary election, becoming a test case for dozens of states struggling to balance public health concerns with a core pillar of democracy.
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Apr 06, 2020
Voters in Wisconsin are likely to face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr 06, 2020
Wisconsin is asking hundreds of thousands of voters to ignore a stay-at-home order in the midst of a pandemic to participate in Tuesday's presidential primary election, becoming a test case for dozens of states struggling to balance public health concerns with a core pillar of democracy.
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Apr 06, 2020
The Vatican on Tuesday welcomed Cardinal George Pell's acquittal by Australia's highest court on charges of sexual abuse, praising him for having "waited for the truth to be ascertained."
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Apr 06, 2020
Australia's highest court on Tuesday overturned former Vatican treasurer George Pell's conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, Australian media reported.
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Apr 06, 2020
Australia's highest court on Tuesday overturned former Vatican treasurer George Pell's conviction for sexually assaulting two teenaged choirboys in the 1990s, Australian media reported.
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Apr 06, 2020
An email from Global Affairs Canada informs some stranded travellers that a "technical issue" prevented some applications for emergency loans from being processed. The loans for up to $5,000 are intended to help Canadians abroad book flights and cover expenses.
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Apr 06, 2020
Canadian officials working behind the scenes to secure critical medical supplies from the United States say they've made some progress — but they're still trying to get a full exemption from the Trump administration for supply imports as the global fight over personal protective gear rages on.
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Apr 06, 2020
Anxieties among health care workers are growing as uncertainty over the supply chain of protective equipment such as masks increases and the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to rise.
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Apr 06, 2020
Jeffrey Rowe was heading back into Windsor, Ont. Saturday night after working a hectic 12-hour hospital shift in Detroit, when he was stopped at the border for something very peculiar.
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Apr 06, 2020
Lady Gaga appeared via video link at Monday's World Health Organization media briefing to announce that $35 million US has been raised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. She also unveiled an upcoming TV and online special to honour health workers and raise people's spirits.
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Apr 06, 2020
Lady Gaga appeared via video link at Monday's World Health Organization media briefing to announce that $35 million US has been raised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. She also unveiled an upcoming TV and online special to honour health workers and raise people's spirits.
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Apr 06, 2020
The death toll in New York, the state hardest hit by COVID-19, was "effectively flat" for the second day in a row, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in his daily news conference on Monday, but the U.S. as a whole saw the death toll from the pandemic climb to over 10,000.
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Apr 06, 2020
Canada's chief public health officer now says that wearing a non-medical mask can help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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Apr 06, 2020
Sweden's days as a European outlier in the fight against coronavirus may be ending. As deaths rise, many are questioning measures that appear relaxed compared with the rest of the world.
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Apr 06, 2020
Sweden's days as a European outlier in the fight against coronavirus may be ending. As deaths rise, many are questioning measures that appear relaxed compared with the rest of the world.
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Apr 06, 2020
An unprecedented decline in global air traffic is limiting the data available to meteorologists who predict the weather.
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Apr 06, 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus, but that there will be no hard lockdowns.
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Apr 06, 2020
Oil prices fell on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia delayed a meeting to discuss output cuts that could help to reduce global oversupply as the coronavirus pandemic pummels demand.
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Apr 06, 2020
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canadian passengers on the Coral Princess cruise ship will be headed home today, after undergoing a health screening.
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Apr 06, 2020
Eligible Canadians can start applying for a emergency benefit program on Monday as Ottawa tries to keep people afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed thousands of lives worldwide and prompted a scramble to secure critical supplies. Here's what's happening around Canada and the world.
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Apr 06, 2020
She was careful. She washed her hands. She practised physical distancing. Still, she tested positive for COVID-19.
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Apr 06, 2020
She was careful. She washed her hands. She practised physical distancing. Still, she tested positive for COVID-19.
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Apr 06, 2020
Schools in Ontario remain closed but classes are technically back in session today as the province's at-home distance learning program begins. It's led by teachers, but students will need to learn independently and receive direction and support from parents.
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Apr 06, 2020
The Canadian military says it's doing what it can to keep its members safe, prevent the spread of COVID-19 and make sure it still has the ability to perform essential operations. And that means making a lot of changes in how the military runs.
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Apr 06, 2020
The Canadian military says it's doing what it can to keep its members safe, prevent the spread of COVID-19 and make sure it still has the ability to perform essential operations. And that means making a lot of changes in how the military runs.
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Apr 06, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition has worsened since being hospitalized with persistent COVID-19 symptoms and he has been moved into intensive care, his Downing Street office said in a statement on Monday.
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Apr 06, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "doing well" and is expected to be back at work soon, housing minister Robert Jenrick said on Monday after the British leader was admitted to hospital on Sunday night.
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Apr 06, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a comfortable night in hospital, is in good spirits and continues to carry out work as leader of the government but will remain in hospital under observation, his spokesperson said on Monday.
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Apr 06, 2020
Long-haul truckers are delivering essentials to keep Canadians in food and supplies during the COVID-19 crisis, but many have found it hard to get a meal or a bathroom themselves along their route. As news of their plight spreads, however, Canadians are stepping up.
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Apr 06, 2020
The cutthroat tactics of the 'mask wars' risk making the COVID-19 crisis worse for everyone. The selfishness isn't a surprise under the circumstances, but the apparent desperation of some of the wealthiest countries on Earth is.
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Apr 06, 2020
Amid the daily coronavirus briefings by multiple levels of government across Canada, a new public service figure is stepping into the spotlight — the sign language interpreter.
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Apr 06, 2020
Some Ontario dairy farmers have been told to dump their excess milk as COVID-19 closures have caused the demand for dairy products to drop drastically.
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Apr 06, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a shutdown of non-essential travel at the Canada-U.S. border, many provinces have also set up checkpoints at their borders to restrict traffic, raising questions about the constitutionality of such measures.
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Apr 06, 2020
Some economists warn that among the many destabilizing effects of the COVID-19 crisis could be the end of more than a decade of low inflation.
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Apr 06, 2020
The cutthroat tactics of the 'mask wars' risk making the COVID-19 crisis worse for everyone. The selfishness isn't a surprise under the circumstances, but the apparent desperation of some of the wealthiest countries on Earth is.
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Apr 06, 2020
The cutthroat tactics of the 'mask wars' risk making the COVID-19 crisis worse for everyone. The selfishness isn't a surprise under the circumstances, but the apparent desperation of some of the wealthiest countries on Earth is.
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Apr 06, 2020
The cutthroat tactics of the 'mask wars' risk making the COVID-19 crisis worse for everyone. The selfishness isn't a surprise under the circumstances, but the apparent desperation of some of the wealthiest countries on Earth is.
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Apr 06, 2020
Even the backdrop to Queen Elizabeth's special broadcast Sunday offering reassurance and urging resilience in the face of the coronavirus pandemic told a story.
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Apr 05, 2020
Welcome to The National, the flagship nightly newscast of CBC News
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Apr 05, 2020
Canada's House of Commons is looking at taking its debates virtual as COVID-19 is expected to prevent a return as planned on April 20.
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Apr 05, 2020
Actor Kiefer Sutherland announced his mother's death on Twitter, saying she succumbed to complications surrounding pneumonia on Sunday morning. Sutherland said his mother's illness was not related to COVID-19.
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Apr 05, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday after showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive for the virus.
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Apr 05, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he remains engaged in talks with Washington over its order to ban exports of some protective medical supplies to Canada, but says he's prepared to do whatever it takes to keep Canadians safe during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Apr 05, 2020
Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of the Second World War in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation.
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Apr 05, 2020
From Europe to South America, U.S. allies are complaining about the superpower's "Wild West" tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies.
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Apr 05, 2020
Canadians can begin applying for emergency income support benefits Monday, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is also working on ways to help people who aren't covered by the programs brought in so far, including students.
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Apr 05, 2020
CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need this week.
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Apr 05, 2020
Stress about COVID-19, as well as disruptions to routine, add up to increased sleep problems, experts say. Here are some ways to help you sleep easier in this uncertain time.
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Apr 05, 2020
Canada is training more people to help track coronavirus cases.
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Apr 05, 2020
Families and supporters are finding ways to honour those who were killed or injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash two years ago.
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Apr 05, 2020
It's frustrating to know that Canada could have invested in health care in times of plenty and been much better prepared for this outbreak, write Dr. Hance Clarke and Imran Abdool.
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Apr 05, 2020
COVID-19 has forced owners of gyms and fitness studios to close their doors, but many are opening up online in hopes it will help get them through the pandemic.
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Apr 05, 2020
'None of us have been trained to work during a pandemic,' says Dr. Javed Alloo, who is now seeing some patients remotely to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.
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Apr 05, 2020
The problems plaguing the oil industry — a sharp drop in fuel demand and OPEC countries flooding the market with oil — could mean higher prices for natural gas.
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Apr 05, 2020
While Canadians are being asked to keep their distance from one another to slow the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is bringing Canada's leaders closer together.
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Apr 05, 2020
Many people worldwide spend time indoors in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and animals are making appearances in places where people usually spend time.
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