Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidates laid into one another over COVID-19 mandates and the trucker convoy in downtown Ottawa in the first unofficial debate of the race Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic — but for just one condition, COVID-19.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli and second baseman Luis Arraez are out for Thursday night's game at Baltimore after testing positive for COVID-19.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s top public health doctor reminded residents Thursday to keep their masks on despite a drop in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Dr.

After two years of dining room closures, the parent company behind restaurants like Swiss Chalet, The Keg and Montana's is preparing for one of the most lucrative restaurant days of the year.

MONTREAL — Five Quebec workers died of COVID-19 infections that were acquired on the job in 2021, according to the province's workers compensation board.

OTTAWA — Canadians' movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report sent to a parliamentary committee shows.

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the pandemic, more than double the current official dea

Canadian hospitals saw a spike in the number of youth hospitalized for eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information reveal.

Ontario is reporting 32 new deaths linked to COVID-19 today, and a small drop in the number of people in hospital with the virus. There have been 410 COVID-related fatalities in the past month.