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With international borders closed and Canada's tourism industry reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government will use funds originally intended to attract foreign travellers to encourage domestic trips instead. But it's still unclear how much travel is advisable during a pandemic.

A farm operation in Norfolk County, south of Simcoe, is the latest agricultural facility in Ontario to declare an outbreak after 85 migrant workers tested positive for COVID-19. 

Police officers found the 15-year-old suffering from serious head trauma, the news release said. He was taken to hospital in critical condition and was still there Sunday morning.

The Canadian Transportation Agency is wrestling with a backlog of nearly 14,000 air passenger complaints accumulated over the past two years, at the same time as thousands of Canadians are demanding that the agency help get their money back from flights cancelled due to COVID-19.

Four residents and a staff member at a long-term care facility are among some of the most recent cases of COVID-19 in northern New Brunswick linked to a family doctor who contracted the virus outside the province and didn't self-isolate.

The COVID-19 outbreak that infected nearly every resident at the Rosslyn Retirement Residence and led to the home being evacuated amid concerns about inadequate infection controls is over. But that doesn't mean everyone who contracted the virus there has recovered.

​​​​​​​SpaceX's astronaut-riding Dragon capsule has docked at the International Space Station, after a historic liftoff from Florida.

Purple wheat hasn’t made it big as an ingredient in Canadian products quite yet, finding more of its success overseas, but those studying and marketing its health properties — and those growing it on Saskatchewan soil — see great potential in the violet plant with flare.

Calls for RCMP officers to be equipped with police body cameras are getting louder — but Canada has been here before.

As international borders closed and layoffs escalated, for some young adults, moving back home seemed the best option to ride out the pandemic.

As international borders closed and layoffs escalated, for some young adults, moving back home seemed the best option to ride out the pandemic.

Toronto doctors say they’re optimistic politicians are beginning to turn their attention to the spread of COVID-19 in working-class neighbourhoods full of essential workers, and that Ontario's new testing strategy could help tackle one of the virus' 'last bastions' in Canada.

Toronto doctors say they’re optimistic politicians are beginning to turn their attention to the spread of COVID-19 in working-class neighbourhoods full of essential workers, and that Ontario's new testing strategy could help tackle one of the virus' 'last bastions' in Canada.

A phone call between Justin Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth gave them a chance to speak about the pandemic and the prime minister the opportunity to thank the monarch for recent messages of support to Canadians.

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in the feces of infected people, but in a way, it’s a good thing. It means that testing sewage may be a convenient way to track outbreaks. Here’s a closer look.

As international borders closed and layoffs escalated, for some young adults, moving back home seemed the best option to ride out the pandemic.

This summer, many Canadians may choose to explore their own country due to closed borders and concerns about contracting COVID-19 while travelling abroad. Here's what you need to know about travel advisories and restrictions for each province.

At least in Canada and other western countries we know that our isolation will end eventually, in contrast to those displaced by conflict and living in camps and shelters around the world, writes Marwa Awad.

The fires, violence and looting sparked by video of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee on the neck of an unarmed black man who later died reveals that law enforcement has learned little since the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, experts say.

As the coronavirus pandemic forces many to hunker down at home, a growing number of people have turned to online learning resources like MasterClass, the Great Courses and Mango Languages.

Canada's biggest lenders posted quarterly results this week, and the numbers showed that while they are setting aside a lot more money to cover loans that could go bad amid COVID-19, they're still making money — which is a good sign for the economy.

An unexpected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is that response rates in polls have reversed their decline.

Canadian politicians know that their constituents want the NHL to resume business, but after hunkering down for months to protect public safety, it remains unclear how tolerant ordinary Canadians will be if players are given freedoms the rest of us have been denied for so long.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will postpone a meeting of Group of 7 nations until fall and called for an expansion of the group's membership because he considers it an outdated group that doesn't properly represent what's taking place in the world.

The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through the health community and elevated fears that the huge crowds will lead to a new surge in cases of the coronavirus.

The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through the health community and elevated fears that the huge crowds will lead to a new surge in cases of the coronavirus.

Canadians familiar with the famous fictional Canadian brothers have fun on social media with the SpaceX astronaut duo of the same name.