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Some business owners are calling on the government to change its plans to prop up the economy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the Employment Insurance system is not the best tool available.

The number of passengers and crew exhibiting flu-like symptoms aboard a Holland America Line cruise ship travelling around South America has spiked by more than 80 per cent — from 42 to 77 cases — in just two days.

Canadians stranded in India are growing increasingly desperate to return home as the South Asian country enforces a nationwide lockdown and closure of its airspace because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 15,000 Canadian passport holders have registered with the Foreign Affairs Department as being stranded in India, and as of Tuesday the federal government has no repatriation flights scheduled.  

As universities and colleges close their campuses and ask students to leave residences in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, international students in Canada are finding themselves increasingly isolated, lonely and worried about their future.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn't ruled out using smartphone data to track whether people are complying with public health officials' pleas for them to stay inside to curb the COVID-19 pandemic — a notion that raises some thorny ethical dilemmas regarding public health and privacy rights.

Civil defence in the online world means fighting hackers and cyber criminals looking to take down or ransom critical infrastructure, such as hospitals. The COVID-19 crisis has prompted Canadian IT professionals to form an all-volunteer cyber defence team.

Threats of stiff fines and even criminal charges for COVID-19 scofflaws appear to be mostly tough talk, as authorities opt for persuasion over punishment

A B.C. dentist who attended a Vancouver conference at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak has died of suspected COVID-19 complications. The death is raising questions over why patients at the dentist's practice were not alerted over his illness.

WestJet says 6,900 of its workers are being laid off amid a dramatic downturn in business because of COVID-19.

A number of Canada's federal parties say they will continue to call on their supporters for financial contributions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic — while others are reconsidering those fundraising requests or abandoning them altogether.

Canadian celebrities including Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds and Superbad's Seth Rogen are asking people to stay home and prevent the spread of COVID-19 after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for help to get the message across on social media.

Canada will close its national parks to visitors Wednesday amid the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the minister responsible for Parks Canada has announced.

Following Tuesday's monumental announcement that the Tokyo Games will be pushed back to next year, here are some of the biggest things we know and don’t know about what this will mean for organizers, athletes and fans of the Olympics.

In the wake of Tuesday's unprecedented announcement to postpone the Tokyo Olympics, a logistical nightmare now stands in the way of the International Olympic Committee and the Games' planning committee.

Chinese authorities say they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of what has become a global pandemic subside. 

Democrats and Republicans said on Tuesday they were close to reaching a deal on a $2 trillion US coronavirus economic stimulus package, raising hopes that the U.S. Congress could soon act to try to limit the economic fallout from the pandemic.

Democrats and Republicans said on Tuesday they were close to reaching a deal on a $2 trillion US coronavirus economic stimulus package, raising hopes that the U.S. Congress could soon act to try to limit the economic fallout from the pandemic.

Stock markets in New York and Toronto jump significantly higher on hopes that trillions of dollars in stimulus spending by governments around the world will be enough to offset the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Stock markets in New York and Toronto jump significantly higher on hopes that trillions of dollars in stimulus spending by governments around the world will be enough to offset the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Stock markets around the world jump significantly higher on hopes that trillions of dollars in stimulus spending by governments around the world will be enough to offset the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Air Canada has reached an agreement with its pilots association that would allow the airline to furlough up to 600 pilots, according to a letter from the union reviewed by Reuters showed on Tuesday.

G7 finance ministers and central bank governors on Tuesday pledged to expand fiscal and monetary actions for as long as necessary to restore growth and confidence battered by the coronavirus.

Canada Post says it is reducing its hours, installing clear barriers in post offices and offering priority service to those at higher risk in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The panic buying in Alberta has seen everything from pasta to toilet paper get snapped up in record numbers.  And now, some are turning to stockpiling guns and ammunition. 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says IOC president Thomas Bach has agreed "100 per cent" to his proposal to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for about one year because of the coronavirus outbreak.

A worm-like creature smaller than a grain of rice that burrowed on the seafloor in search of meals like dead organic matter about 555 million years ago may be the evolutionary forerunner of most animals living today — including people.

Floundering oil prices and the shutdown of much of the economy has caused oilsands companies to lay off workers and delay projects. 

A small number of MPs will be back in Ottawa today, a day after provincial governments in Ontario and Quebec issued orders calling for the closure of non-essential businesses, saying the measures are needed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday.

Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from community transmission.

Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from community transmission.

Despite the possibility that they might not compete in the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics, athletes in Windsor-Essex, Ont. say they understand that Canada's decision to withdraw from the 32nd Olympiad is about health and safety.

As Nova Scotia attempts to stop the spread of COVID-19 through measures like the closure of schools, daycares and many businesses, a downside is that for people who live in homes that aren't safe or prone to violence, there are now few respite options.

Ontario's official numbers for positive COVID-19 tests fall short of capturing the true extent of the coronavirus' spread, according to infectious disease experts.

Public health officials in North America discourage healthy people from wearing masks, saying there’s no evidence they provide effective protection against the spread of the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. But officials in Asia encourage it. And health workers here say they need masks for protection. Confused? Here’s what you need to know.

When the COVID-19 outbreak first appeared in Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed it a hoax, a conspiracy from the country's enemies.

Countries must prepare for a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak to emerge once social distancing measures are eased, and they should only lift those measures gradually, infectious disease experts say. Here's what you need to know about a potential second wave and what Canada can do to minimize the impact.

Training courses at Canadian Armed Forces bases and classes at the country's two principal military colleges will continue, despite the cascade of COVID-19 closures and public health warnings in the civilian world.

Social distancing will be hard, but the alternative is devastating for the overall health of Canadians, writes Dr. Taylor Lougheed.

Public health officials in North America discourage healthy people from wearing masks, saying there’s no evidence they provide effective protection against the spread of the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. But officials in Asia encourage it. And health workers here say they need masks for protection. Confused? Here’s what you need to know.

For those on the hunt for a job right now, finding work during the pandemic must seem like mission impossible.

Provincial leadership races in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some federal Conservative candidates are calling for the schedule in their race to be changed, too.

What's known in economics circles as helicopter money, a theoretical way of injecting spending power directly to ordinary citizens, is getting serious attention as a cure for an economy badly sickened by COVID-19.

Combining the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine with an antibiotic to fight COVID-19 needs to be put to a true scientific test to determine its safety and effectiveness, doctors caution.

Workplaces that have been deemed "non-essential" or "at-risk" have until the end of Tuesday to close up shop. The official deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered all non-essential stores and services in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Family members of people who are ill or who have died from COVID-19 are speaking out about the experience and why they wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

The government of Canada offered the promise of evacuation today to two thousand Canadians stranded in Guatemala. But many of those Canadians say they're becoming more and more alarmed as time passes without word on when they'll be allowed to leave.

A small number of MPs will resume sitting in the House of Commons Tuesday to consider the federal government's $82 billion pandemic aid package despite Conservatives that are already pushing back on the deal over what they say is a power-grab by the Liberal government.

Hours before introducing a bill to spend up to $82 billion and increase federal powers to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberals backed off a measure that the Opposition decried as an attempt to get Parliament to sign them a blank cheque.

A small number of MPs will resume sitting in the House of Commons Tuesday to consider the federal government's $82 billion pandemic aid package despite Conservatives that are already pushing back on the deal over what they say is a power-grab by the Liberal government.