The Manitoba government wants more than 6,200 government workers to take five unpaid days off before next April to help control costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A memo sent to workers Tuesday proposes the idea as a "potential pathway" to the government's previously announced goal of saving $9.5 million, or...
Schools in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, will remain closed for the rest of the school year through the end of June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday.
All provincial schools were shut in mid-March in an effort to contain the new coronavirus, which has...
Ontario entered its first stage of reopening many businesses Tuesday, even as the number of new COVID-19 cases rose and the province extended its emergency orders and shuttered schools until September.
The official start to the province's reopening plan included giving the green light to retailers, some sport and...
The auditor general's office is narrowing its focus for a review of billions in federal spending meant to cushion the economic blow from COVID-19, MPs were told Tuesday.
Karen Hogan, the nominee to be Canada's next auditor general, said the focus of the COVID-19 audit will be on how prepared...
Premier François Legault confirmed on Tuesday that 44,197 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Quebec, and 3,647 people have died after contracting the virus in the province.
The increase of 570 cases is the smallest daily increase since April 11.
Most of the province has reopened, however, retail stores and...
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 19, 2020:
There are 78,072 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.
_ Quebec: 43,627 confirmed (including 3,596 deaths, 12,045 resolved)
_ Ontario: 22,957 confirmed (including 1,904 deaths, 17,638 resolved)
_ Alberta: 6,683 confirmed (including 128...
Mother Upshaw. Queen of the Park.
They are Evelina Upshaw's nicknames, lovingly earned and bestowed.
Upshaw died of COVID-19 and dementia at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax on May 8, two days before Mother's Day. She was 94.
Her nicknames are fitting for a woman who ran a hot lunch...
The simple cardboard box, often ignored in favour of the contents it holds, is helping Canadians stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
To help keep goods moving around the country, millions more boxes are being produced in Canada to meet increased demand from online retailers, pizza shops, restaurants...
Just as COVID-19 was shutting down much of Nova Scotia, a large commercial building started going up in the Membertou First Nation.
Chief Terry Paul said he was anxious about construction starting on the 55,000-square-foot, three-storey office and retail building just as the pandemic hit, but his worry was over...
