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Members of Parliament will be called back to the House of Commons on Tuesday to adopt emergency measures announced earlier this week by the federal government, Radio-Canada has learned.

Canada’s hotels are reeling from the impact of COVID-19. The industry says hundreds of properties have already closed and tens of thousands of workers have been laid off. Hotel owners and operators say they need urgent help to survive.

Taiwan and Canada had their first cases of coronavirus at about the same time, but their experiences have been different. Taiwanese children are still in school, and there's no shortage of supplies.

Taiwan and Canada had their first cases of coronavirus at about the same time, but their experiences have been different. Taiwanese children are still in school, and there's no shortage of supplies.

Taiwan and Canada had their first cases of coronavirus about the same time, but the experience has been different. Taiwanese children are still in school and there's no shortage of supplies.

The chief public health officer said the government learned of the first COVID-19 case Friday night, during a press conference Saturday. The person had travelled to B.C. and Alberta and then returned home to Yellowknife, says the government.

The chief public health officer said the government learned of the first COVID-19 case Friday night, during is press conference Saturday. The person had travelled to B.C. and Alberta and then returned home to Yellowknife, says the government.

The chief public health officer said the government learned of the first COVID-19 case Friday night, during is press conference Saturday. The person had travelled to B.C. and Alberta and then returned home to Yellowknife, says the government.

The first case reported in the territories was announced in a press release on Saturday.

After a week of asserting its employees should not be subject to federal health advisories surrounding COVID-19, Canadian Pacific Railway has reversed course and ordered workers who have travelled abroad to stay home — but some are worried the damage has been done.

After a week of asserting its employees should not be subject to federal health advisories surrounding COVID-19, Canadian Pacific Railway has reversed course and ordered workers who have travelled abroad to stay home — but some are worried the damage has been done.

That's been possible due to existing infrastructure, the early availability of testing kits, collaboration with universities and a testing process that runs around the clock, accoding to Alberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw.

The measure is due to the effects of COVID-19, the company said in a media release on Friday.

The International Ice Hockey Federation Council on Saturday confirmed the cancellation of the men's world championship, scheduled to begin May 8 in Switzerland, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Canada has shut the border to all non-essential travellers, but there are exceptions to the rules for some, including foreign nationals coming to Canada to work, study or live.

About 30 nurses in Edmonton have refused to swab patients for the coronavirus because their Alberta Health Services won’t provide N95 masks, their union says.

The longest undefended border between two countries is now closed to non-essential traffic, such as tourists and people looking to do some shopping, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.  The new normal at Canada-U.S. border crossings went into effect at midnight.

Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as Lucille, Lady and Islands in the Stream has died at age 81.

Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as Lucille, Lady and Islands in the Stream has died at age 81.

A spike in appointment cancellations with Canadian Blood Services has the organization reminding people that blood donation is an essential service, and if the drop continues, it could be faced with a shortage.

A Halifax man who made history by becoming the first town crier with Down syndrome has broken another barrier by winning an election to become president of a university student union.

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada continues to rise, experts say we need to rapidly expand our testing capacity in order to identify new cases and isolate people who may be spreading the virus unknowingly because they are symptom-free.

More than 800 confused and frustrated Canadians who are stranded in Peru have formed a Facebook group to share information about how to get home after the country went into lockdown and closed its borders.

Around 1,000 confused and frustrated Canadians who are stranded in Peru have formed a Facebook group to share information about how to get home after the country went into lockdown and closed its borders.

More than 800 confused and frustrated Canadians who are stranded in Peru have formed a Facebook group to share information about how to get home after the country went into lockdown and closed its borders.

Deficits and irregular border crossers used to qualify as "emergencies" in our political discourse. The pandemic has turned those assumptions upside-down.

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Canada continues to rise, experts say we need to rapidly expand our testing capacity in order to identify new cases and isolate people who may be spreading the virus unknowingly because they are symptom-free.

The war metaphors invoked by leaders from the U.K. to France and beyond in the battle against the coronavirus seemed almost inevitable, but they are of limited usefulness when the virus is an unseen enemy that has managed to strike at the heart of democratic government.

The war metaphors invoked by leaders from the U.K. to France and beyond in the battle against the coronavirus seemed almost inevitable, but they are of limited usefulness when the virus is an unseen enemy that has managed to strike at the heart of democratic government.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen Canadians across the country stocking up on supplies in anticipation of weeks of social isolation. But companies' public assurances that their suppliers won't run out of product aren't doing much to make essential items consistently available.

Many Canadians stranded abroad are frustrated because they were instructed to return to Canada, but can’t. That’s because they’re trapped in countries that have shut their borders and/or grounded international flights in an attempt to curb the rise of COVID-19 cases. 

Without a stockpile of essential medical equipment, health-care workers are heading into battle without the support they need. An intensive care physician in Toronto is calling everyone he knows, including carpenters, construction workers and veterinarians, asking for help. While there’s still time.

The people who run Ontario's hospitals are all hoping the health system will not be flooded with COVID-19 patients, but they are planning for the possibility it will. 

Facing a national crisis and global pandemic, opposition parties struggle to find a place for themselves.

In a press release Friday evening the N.W.T chief public health officer announced she intends to restrict all travel, with limited exceptions, to the Northwest Territories on Saturday.

Quebec City police have arrested a woman, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, for being out in the city's Limoilou neighbourhood despite being under a quarantine order.

Starbucks is joining the growing list of companies scaling back services in Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said in a statement late Friday that it will close most of its cafés and offer service only through delivery and drive-thrus for the next two weeks.

Starbucks is joining the growing list of companies scaling back services in Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said in a statement late Friday that it will close most of its cafés and offer service only through delivery and drive-thrus for the next two weeks.

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said tonight the hundreds of millions of dollars promised to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities for their COVID-19 response will flow soon after Parliament passes enabling legislation — something that's expected to happen next week.