Canada Coronavirus News

• PHAC to hold next in-person COVID-19 briefing on Sept. 3, before election date

  Shortly before the election was called, PHAC had turned to churning out news releases once a week instead of their usual live briefings.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2021
  
• 24 active COVID-19 cases remain in Waterloo Region

  Waterloo Public Health reports that two more people have been cleared of the virus, raising the total number of resolved cases to 1,316.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2020
  
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• Migrant workers in Canada stage multi-city protest, call for more COVID-19 protections

  Temporary foreign farm labourers, care workers, international students and undocumented workers who have been working throughout the pandemic as "essential workers'' say they are being left behind by the Canadian government.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2020
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• Electric vehicles could be as disruptive to oil industry as coronavirus, Suncor CEO says

  Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil producer and the sector accounts for 10.6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2020
• Almost 30% of YouTube’s popular coronavirus videos are misleading, Canadian study finds

  Popular COVID-19 videos containing disinformation are getting tens of millions of views, a study has found.

  Canada

  May 14, 2020
• Canadian companies ramp up coronavirus measures as provinces ease restrictions

  The policies, which include mandatory mask wear and temperature checks, are being launched as provinces across Canada slowly start to reopen in the middle of the pandemic

  Canada

  May 4, 2020
• McDonald’s Canada to start importing beef over supply concerns amid COVID-19

  The restaurant chain, which prides itself on using only Canadian beef, says in a statement that its change in policy is due to limited processing capacity at Canadian suppliers.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2020
• Living with COVID-19 means rethinking how we support vulnerable communities: Tam

  Canada's chief public health officer said that COVID-19 has exposed deep problems that must be fixed now to protect residents of long-term care centres and other group settings.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus: 3M files lawsuit against Canadian firm accused of price gouging N95 masks

  The lawsuit alleges that Caonic Systems Inc. set up a web domain on the e-commerce platform Shopify to sell masks it claimed had been made by 3M in Singapore and the United Kingdom.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2020
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• Coronavirus conspiracies pushed by Russia, amplified by Chinese officials: experts

  Russia and China are pushing conspiracy theories on the origin of the new coronavirus, experts say.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2020