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Abnormal becoming new normal amid tight COVID-19 restrictions, more cases

TORONTO — Canadians and their governments scrambled on Thursday to come to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic as case numbers rose, social distancing ramped up, and everyday life morphed into an abnormal new normal that could last months.

Mar 19, 2020 6:45 PM Read more >

Alberta announces first COVID-19 death, looking into virus at doctors' bonspiel

EDMONTON — Alberta has announced its first death linked to COVID-19 and says it's tracking down 72 curlers who attended a doctors' bonspiel that included a person who now has the novel coronavirus. Dr.

Mar 19, 2020 6:38 PM Read more >

Tory leadership candidate says he's out of the race if deadlines don't move

OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny called off his campaign Thursday, saying it is just not right to ask people for money during a public health emergency.

Mar 19, 2020 6:00 PM Read more >

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 19, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:26 p.m. ET on March 19, 2020: There are 871 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Mar 19, 2020 5:29 PM Read more >

Manitoba government cuts some taxes, sets money aside for emergencies

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is keeping a tight leash on spending and delaying some promised tax cuts as it prepares for the economic fallout from COVID-19.

Mar 19, 2020 5:10 PM Read more >

Don't wait for Parliament, start processing applications for financial aid now: Singh

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.

Mar 19, 2020 4:51 PM Read more >

Head of Saskatchewan medical group says he got COVID-19 at doctors' bonspiel

REGINA — An investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19. Dr.

Mar 19, 2020 4:38 PM Read more >

Ottawa taking charge of housing asylum seekers during 14-day isolation period

ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que.

Mar 19, 2020 4:29 PM Read more >

We won't know if isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam

OTTAWA — Canada's top doctor says it might be months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19.

Mar 19, 2020 4:11 PM Read more >

Quebec offers $2.5-billion aid package to businesses hurt by COVID-19

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has announced a $2.5-billion financial aid package for companies struggling with liquidity due the COVID-19 crisis.

Mar 19, 2020 3:57 PM Read more >