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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will give her daily update on COVID-19 at 3 p.m. PT.

B.C. is ordering all restaurants to stop providing dine-in services, as provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 77 new cases of coronavirus Friday, bringing the total to 348.

B.C. is ordering all restaurants to stop providing dine-in services, as provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 77 new cases of coronavirus Friday, bringing the total to 348.

B.C. provincial health officer  Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 77 new coronavirus cases in B.C. on Friday, bringing the total to 348.

Hand sanitizer, gloves, masks and other medical equipment are in high demand — and in some cases are being offered at high prices.

Alcohol sales in Nova Scotia have tripled this week amid panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the decision whether to keep liquor stores open is fraught with complications that include serious health questions.

Some daycares in Alberta will reopen next week to look after the children of health-care workers and other "critical infrastructure staff," Premier Jason Kenney says.

Some daycares in Alberta will reopen next week to look after the children of health-care workers and other "critical infrastructure staff," Premier Jason Kenney says.

At the close of a week unlike any in history, Premier Jason Kenney will hold a news conference Friday to update Albertans about his plan to guide the province through the greatest period of uncertainty since the Great Depression.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has received 500,000 applications for employment insurance, compared to just 27,000 for the same week last year.

With stricter border-crossing rules coming into play Friday at midnight, one Canada-U.S. couple is wondering how long it will be before they can see each other again. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that a flight has been arranged to bring home Canadians stranded in Morocco, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the transport sector.

Elders at a nursing home in Wikwemikong First Nation in Ontario have messages for their families and First Nations communities about the importance of social distancing, self-isolating, and handwashing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

To keep up with high demand for pick up and delivery, Walmart Canada, Loblaw and Save-On-Foods say they plan on hiring a lot of new workers at their stores and distribution centres to keep up with demand.

To keep up with high demand for pick up and delivery, Walmart Canada is immediately hiring workers at its stores and distribution centres.

With countries around the world battling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, there are growing calls for the International Olympic Committee to postpone or cancel the Summer Games, scheduled to begin on July 24 in Tokyo. Here are some of the issues surrounding a possible postponement.

Two hospitals in Montreal are offering a $200,000 prize to design a new low-cost and easy-to-use ventilator to help with the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Canada will now turn back asylum-seekers attempting to enter the country outside of official border points, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday — part of a set of extreme new measures meant to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Canada will now turn back asylum-seekers attempting to enter the country outside of official border points, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday — part of a set of extreme new measures meant to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a series of new measures Friday to protect Canadians from COVID-19, including a strategy to help manufacturers rapidly ramp up production of medical supplies and a plan to bar asylum seekers from crossing the Canada-U.S. border.

The Canadian military is preparing for multiple waves of the COVID-19 virus in an operation that could last 12 months or more. That's according to a planning directive issued Thursday by the chief of the defence staff.

The Canadian military is preparing for multiple waves of the COVID-19 virus in an operation that could last 12 months or more. That's according to a planning directive issued Thursday by the chief of the defence staff.

Two Montreal hospitals have teamed up to offer a $200,000 prize for the best low-cost, easy-to-use ventilator design to help health care workers cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Sobeys, Walmart and Loblaws have announced measures to keep their employees safe and respond to customer needs as COVID-19 spreads.

Sobeys and Loblaw have announced to measures to keep their employees safe as COVID-19 spreads.

Sobeys, Walmart and Loblaws have announced measures to keep their employees safe and respond to customer needs as COVID-19 spreads.

The guard, who works in the admitting and discharge area of the correctional facility, had just returned from a trip to England, a source told CBC News.

The guard, who works in the admitting and discharge area of the Toronto South Detention Centre, had just returned from a trip to England, a source told CBC News.

The guard, who works in the admitting and discharge area of the Toronto South Detention Centre, had just returned from a trip to England, a source told CBC News.

Ontario has issued new rules for jail staff after a guard reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 — but correctional officers tell CBC News that for days staff were expected to report for work even after returning for travel, provided they didn't have symptoms.

The K'atl'odeeche First Nation near Hay River, N.W.T, has declared a state of emergency during the coronavirus pandemic to protect their people.

After spending most of the day in positive territory, the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged into the red at the close of trading on Friday, capping a bleak week for stock markets.

Stock markets around the world took a few tentative steps into the green on Friday, the second positive day in a row after the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 walloped equities for weeks.

Stock markets around the world took a few tentative steps into the green on Friday, the second positive day in a row after the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 walloped equities for weeks.

Gahcho Kué mine is the latest mine in the N.W.T. to announce its measures for COVID-19. Earlier Friday, Diavik announced mine workers from several northern communities are being sent home with pay, to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus to their home communities.

Diavik mine workers from several northern communities are being sent home with pay, to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus to their home communities.

Some Canadians looking defer mortgage payments due to COVID-19 say they are facing delays and denials and say the process isn't nearly as straightforward as the government and big banks have made it out to be.

Four people in Côte Saint-Luc have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending weddings at two separate synagogues recently, prompting the mayor to urge residents to self-isolate to prevent the spread of the virus.

As businesses across Canada shutter their doors or reduce services amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable people depend on services like YK Food Rescue to continue delivering food.

An Edmonton doctor returned from a trip to the United States earlier this month, saw patients and had elective surgery at a hospital before testing positive for COVID-19. 

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says he doesn't have COVID-19 after suffering from flu-like symptoms following an international trip two weeks ago.

Quebec public health is asking hotels across the province to clear beds in anticipation of an overload of the health care system.

A Canadian has died in Japan from complications linked to COVID-19, the country's foreign affairs minister said Friday, while the prime minister also outlined a strategy to help manufacturers rapidly ramp up production of medical supplies.

A Canadian has died in Japan from complications linked to COVID-19, the foreign affairs minister said Friday, ahead of a briefing from the prime minister on what the government is doing around the coronavirus. Here's a look at the latest news from Canada, the U.S., and hard-hit areas around the world.

A quarantined Winnipeg couple aboard a Costa cruise ship says the company didn't inform passengers of COVID-19 cases until it was too late to get off, and took days to bring in basic measures to contain the virus.

Thousands of engaged couples across Canada are facing potential wedding cancellations, given public health recommendations to avoid large gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

California's governor says everyone in the state should remain at home unless they are doing essential jobs, errands or exercise. The order came before a similar one by New York, severely restricting the ability of millions of residents to gather and socialize.

New York and Illinois joined California on Friday in ordering nearly all residents to stay in their homes, as governors undertook their most sweeping efforts yet to contain the coronavirus and fend off the kind of onslaught that has caused southern Europe to buckle.

California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, warning that the coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the state's medical system.