‘Thankful we took a stand’: Athletes react to Canada not competing at Tokyo Games in July

Postpone today, conquer tomorrow. It’s a phrase gaining in popularity among several of Canada’s summer athletes as they flood social

IMF says coronavirus recession will be worse than 2008, as UN appeals for aid for poorest economies

The coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession in 2020 that could be worse than that seen during the global

She lost her mother to COVID-19. Now she is urging people to help stop the spread

Teresa Comey wants to get her loved ones together to mourn her mother’s death, but she can’t. She wishes she

Canadian IOC member believes Tokyo Olympics will be postponed

Veteran International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound of Montreal believes the 2020 Tokyo Games will be postponed. Pound told

‘Get us the hell off’: Nearly 250 Canadians aboard ship with passengers, crew exhibiting flu-like symptoms

Thirteen passengers and 29 crew members have fallen ill with influenza-like symptoms on board a Holland America Line cruise ship

COC says current danger to athletes prompted decision to withdraw from July Olympics

David Shoemaker, the chief executive officer of the Canadian Olympic Committee, said Monday the global COVID-19 pandemic is «bigger than

U.S. coronavirus economic rescue talks continue as Trump appears to waffle on shutdown

President Donald Trump suggested Monday he had qualms about extending the current 15-day suggested shutdown as his officials warned about

Stock markets move lower Monday despite U.S. central bank pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’

Stock markets opened lower on Monday morning despite the U.S. central bank pledging to do whatever it takes to backstop

More flights will pick up stranded Canadians as ‘largest’ peacetime repatriation effort continues

Canada is a sending a handful of flights around the world to bring Canadians home as a growing number of

WestJet cuts back on domestic flights while ramping up repatriation efforts

WestJet is significantly reducing its number of flights within Canada, but also ramping up its schedule of flights to the

Canadian airlines ramp up repatriation flights while reducing other routes

WestJet is significantly reducing its number of flights within Canada, but also ramping up its schedule of flights to the

Coronavirus risk to rare mountain gorillas prompts tourist bans

As the coronavirus infects more people around the world, conservationists are warning of the risk to another vulnerable species: Africa’s

Transat AT lays off 3,600 staff, about 70% of workforce

Transat AT Inc. has temporarily laid off about 70 per cent of its workforce in Canada, about 3,600 people. The

How to find out if your business qualifies for the COVID-19 wage subsidy

There is new information available to business owners on the federal government’s proposed temporary wage subsidy that is part of

Aid workers brace for impact of coronavirus in refugee camps

Ask Syrian aid worker Osama al-Hussein how he’s holding up and, like many of those engaged in humanitarian work, he

Canadian military units overseas await deployment of their own COVID-19 testing kits

Canadian troops and warships deployed overseas will, for the moment, rely on allies and host nations for access to COVID-19

Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen — but in 2021, not 2020

The Tokyo Olympics are going to happen — but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned.

Canada will not send Olympians to Tokyo unless Games postponed, citing COVID-19 risks

The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee say they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the

Yukon has 2 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the 1st in the territory

Yukon has two confirmed cases of COVID-19 — the territory’s first — according to health officials. At a news conference

Carl Lewis calls for Olympics to be moved to 2022

On Sunday, nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis called for the 2020 athletics season to be scrapped and July’s Tokyo

July Olympics ‘neither feasible nor desirable,’ says World Athletics president

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says the time has come to select a new date and postpone the Tokyo 2020

Consumers could face hit to credit scores, jump in payments from mortgage deferrals

Canadians couldn’t get answers on mortgage deferrals at Canada’s biggest bank because information and eligibility requirements kept changing almost by

IOC says ‘cancellation is not on the agenda’ for Tokyo Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has given itself a month to consider postponing the 2020 Olympics after an emergency meeting on

Canadians arriving from Morocco urge Trudeau to bring back everyone left stranded by COVID-19 shutdown

Canadians arriving at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport in the early hours Sunday say they’re relieved to be out of Morocco, but