Closures and equipment shortages: How Canada’s polio ‘invasion’ compares to the COVID-19 pandemic

Starting early each morning, Gloria Stephens would slowly make her way through the Halifax ward of young polio patients, wrapping

Long waits for COVID-19 test results reveal Canada’s shortage of lab workers

Long waits for COVID-19 test results are due in part to a shortage of medical laboratory professionals in Canada, according

Adversity of postponements caused by COVID-19 a familiar feeling for athletes

The bright lights of arenas have been turned off for now. Stadiums and arenas around the world, normally filled with

Should I microwave my mail? Your COVID-19 questions answered

We’re breaking down what you need to know about the pandemic by answering your questions. You can send us your

Why Canada is taking so long to start testing blood for COVID-19

With shortages of masks, gloves and testing kits hampering the fight against the coronavirus in Canada, there is one important

Here’s what the oilpatch wants in financial aid from Ottawa

Finance Minister Bill Morneau made it clear to a Senate committee how dire the financial situation is in the oilpatch

Canada and the U.S. are implementing the non-essential travel ban in very different ways

An agreement to stem non-essential travel between Canada and the United States is being interpreted and applied very differently by

Communities need to move fast, get creative to protect homeless from COVID-19

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Canadians want to know how bad this could get. Is anyone ready to tell us?

Asked on Wednesday how this crisis might end, the prime minister insisted the story was still being written. Challenged to

Despite boycott of 1980 Games, Anne Merklinger still rues missed shot as ‘Olympian’

Forty years later, the disappointment still haunts Anne Merklinger. With Canadian athletes trying to untangle the different scenarios created by

‘No room left on my credit card’: 1,300 stranded Canadians apply for emergency loans

Cash-strapped and stranded abroad, hundreds of Canadians are waiting for an emergency loan from the federal government because they need

Vancouver’s J.T. Miller hoping for chance to finish what resurgent Canucks started

J.T. Miller hasn’t thought twice about having the best statistical season of his career stopped in its tracks. The frustration

Here’s what you need to know about the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy

Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Wednesday a plan to backstop much of the Canadian economy through wage subsidies to prop

Tennis shutdown, pause on life ‘straight out of a movie,’ Pospisil says

With Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War II, Vasek Pospisil says he would be thrilled if his

Wear masks if you want — but keep up the hand-washing and physical distancing, say Tam and Hajdu

Canada’s chief public health officer and health minister say medical-grade masks need to be reserved for the use of front-line

Like everything else in the pandemic plan, Morneau’s economic package is chasing a moving target

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic «unprecedented» and «the largest economic program

Masai Ujiri says NBA season can be salvaged if everyone follows distancing orders

Masai Ujiri would love to see the remainder of the NBA season salvaged somehow. But the Toronto Raptors president said,

Senators confirm 4 new cases of COVID-19 within organization, raising total to 6

The Ottawa Senators say four additional members of the organization have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to six.

COVID-19 nursing home deaths ‘devastating,’ says physician

The Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, Ont., has been hit particularly hard by the spread of COVID-19. At least 12

U.S. FDA moves to remove all versions of heartburn drug Zantac from market

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it was requesting makers of all versions of heartburn drug Zantac to

Wimbledon cancelled due to public concerns over coronavirus pandemic

Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest

The best of NHLers self-isolating: Atlantic Division

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New York City deaths from COVID-19 exceed 1,000

Deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 in New York City as officials warned that the worst of the virus’s toll

Olympic Games Replay: Canada’s pool party in Rio

With the welcome news that there are now revised dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics to begin, all