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April 1 is the first time many people are paying rent since COVID-19 became a pandemic, raising anxieties about how to survive until government assistance kicks in.

The border between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is the divider of two very different situations when it comes to the battle against COVID-19, leaving Canadian officials scrambling to protect citizens from the spreading virus. 

After a bruising election campaign that left him with a weakened mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scaled back his public appearances. But the pandemic has made him, for better or worse, the face of Canada's response to a global calamity.

After a bruising election campaign that left him with a weakened mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scaled back his public appearances. But the pandemic has made him, for better or worse, the face of Canada's response to a global calamity.

The mayor of Invermere fears if people coming to stay at their summer homes get infected it will too much of a strain on the local hospital, which only has one ventilator.

The first of six flights to repatriate some of the 15,000 Canadian passport-holders stranded in India due to the COVID-19 pandemic is scheduled to leave Delhi on Saturday.

Toronto Mayor John Tory says all major city events, including Pride weekend, and event permits are cancelled until June 30 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

City officials are set to provide an update on the COVID-19 outbreak in Toronto on Tuesday.

A British Columbia woman is launching a class-action lawsuit against several major Canadian airlines and travel companies over the decision to issue credits and vouchers instead of refunds for flights and vacations cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last week, Pam Smith set out on a race against time driving from B.C. to Ontario, hoping to be near her mother as she took her last breaths. She didn’t make it.

Prisoners' advocates are ramping up calls to release lower-risk offenders after the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed COVID-19 cases in two penitentiaries — and are warning that maintaining crowded conditions behind bars during a global pandemic could have disastrous consequences.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has asked the heads of Canada's prison system and parole board to consider early release for some federal inmates to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 behind bars.

The United States has dropped its controversial proposal to station American troops near the shared border as part of its COVID-19 containment strategy.

A federally appointed panel has found the development of a new shipping container terminal south of Vancouver would result in "significant adverse'' effects on endangered southern resident killer whales.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed deals with three Canadian companies — Thornhill Medical, Medicom and Spartan Bioscience — to make medical supplies over the coming weeks to cope with the country's rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

COVID-19 has people around the world worried about death, but in many cases the very nature of this health crisis is also preventing them from putting their affairs in order.

In Alberta, you can buy a T-shirt printed with the image of the province's chief medical officer of health and the slogan: "What would Dr. (Deena) Hinshaw do?"

Public health advice being offered in Canada on the usefulness of masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 is starting to conflict with messages from other parts of the developed world.

Canada's economy expanded by 0.1 per cent in January as manufacturing and the financial sector grew while transportation, mining, oil and gas and the retail sector all shrank.

An Edmonton man serving a 10-year sentence at the Edmonton Institution is afraid his medical condition makes him especially vulnerable to COVID-19.

The first person from northern Alberta to die of COVID-19 — a man in his 30s from Big Lakes County, Alta. — is being remembered as a loving husband and father. 

The first person from northern Alberta to die of COVID-19, a 34-year-old man from Big Lakes County, Alta., is being remembered as a dedicated family man with an unflappable sense of humour.

In ex-communist Eastern Europe and elsewhere, populist leaders are introducing harsh measures including uncontrolled cellphone surveillance of their citizens and lengthy jail sentences for those who flout lockdown decrees.

Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers in the U.S. walk off the job demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders.

TC Energy Corp. said on Tuesday it would proceed with the construction of the long-delayed $8 billion US Keystone XL pipeline project, after getting a $1.1 billion US equity investment from the Alberta government.

TC Energy Corp. gave the go-ahead for construction of its $8-billion US Keystone XL Pipeline project on Tuesday, with help from the Alberta government.

Two provinces are extending their suspension of in-class learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, with Manitoba announcing school buildings are closed "indefinitely" and Ontario saying students won't be back at their desks until early May.

A few dozen people waiting to go home to Nunavut are under strict self-isolation orders in a Winnipeg hotel that they aren't allowed to leave and where they remain under 24/7 security surveillance.

Charitable organizations in Canada, who have already had to lay off tens of thousands of staff members, say the federal government's wage subsidy is a good start. But it may not be enough to come them through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five days after the Montreal General Hospital cancelled Taionrén:hote Dan David's bowel cancer surgery, he had questions that needed answers: "Why?" and "What next?"

Nineteen people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China and reinforcements were sent to fight the blaze and evacuate nearby residents, officials and state media reported Tuesday.

We're answering questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’re publishing a selection of answers every weekday online, and also putting some of your questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

It's unclear how coronavirus came into a small nursing home in Bobcaygeon, Ont. - whether it was brought in by a visitor or a new resident - but the number of cases and deaths there has stunned the cottage community about 150 kilometres northeast of Toronto. 

It's unclear how coronavirus came into a small nursing home in Bobcaygeon, Ont. - whether it was brought in by a visitor or a new resident - but the number of cases and deaths there has stunned the cottage community about 150 kilometres northeast of Toronto. 

Every day, Canadians are bombarded with fresh numbers on the COVID-19 pandemic from around the world. Check out these tips to help make sense of the data.

Religious service, steeped as it is in community, is one area where people are finding it hard to avoid gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And while some churches in the U.S. are finding innovative ways to continue services, such as conducting them virtually, a few are still gathering in person, potentially exposing many people to the novel coronavirus.

Religious service, steeped as it is in community, is one area where people are finding it hard to avoid gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And while some churches in the U.S. are finding innovative ways to continue services, such as conducting them virtually, a few are still gathering in person, potentially exposing many people to the novel coronavirus.

Polls suggest there are fewer differences between how Liberal and Conservative supporters in Canada view the pandemic than there are between the opinions expressed by Democrats and Republicans in the United States.

A total of nine people have now tested positive for COVID-19 aboard the MS Zaandam, a Holland America Line cruise ship sailing in the Caribbean Sea with no definite place to dock as of yet.

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, revealed there are more COVID-19 cases aboard the cruise ship where four people have already died. He also made a plea for a place to dock for his stranded cruise ships.

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, revealed there are more COVID-19 cases aboard the cruise ship where four people have already died. He also made a plea for a place to dock for his stranded cruise ships.

Two First Nations communities in Manitoba have made a direct appeal to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to establish a military hospital in their region in anticipation of an outbreak of COVID-19, CBC News has learned.

The Canadian government is falling short in addressing the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also turning its back on a new idea that could help people during times of mental health crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing Canada's court system to operate as it never has before to adapt to the demands of physical distancing.

Canada’s next-door neighbour is now the epicentre of a global pandemic, with U.S. reported infection rates soaring. The tremors coming from the U.S. will ripple across the border and beyond, touching a staggering array of people and battering the broader economy. Here's what we know, what we don't, and what it means for Canadians.

It's unclear how coronavirus came into a small nursing home in Bobcaygeon, Ont. - whether it was brought in by a visitor or a new resident - but the number of cases and deaths there has stunned the cottage community about 150 kilometres northeast of Toronto. 

The B.C. Supreme Court is considering creative ways to deliver a decision in an extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as a global pandemic restricts travel and gatherings.

When Cochrane, Alta., resident Erin Calver, 38, began developing a sore throat and experiencing chest pain on March 18, she dismissed it as the early onset of a cold.

When Cochrane, Alta., resident Erin Calver, 38, began developing a sore throat and experiencing chest pain on March 18, she dismissed it as the early onset of a cold.