The district is now urging anyone who uses personal protective equipment (PPE) to bag it separately prior to discarding it, in order to further limit the spread of COVID-19.
Over the years, temporary foreign workers have become an important part of Canada's agricultural industry. They are often hired to come overseas to fill short-term labour shortages when no Canadian citizens are able to help out.
The House of Commons, which was shut down over the COVID-19 crisis, reconvened in late March with a small number of MPs to pass emergency legislation approving $82 billion in aid.
"You can be awful lonely if you're living alone and you are visually impaired, and you're not out and your family doesn't stop to visit you."
With the latest numbers reported on Sundayaturday, Ontario's Middlesex, London Health Unit now has more than 130 cases of the novel coronavirus.
A Calgary pet food store was overwhelmed with the community response to a pet food drive organized to help people cope during the continuing COVID-19 crisis.
A Walmart security guard from southern Quebec was fighting for his life on Sunday morning after being struck and dragged by a driver.
Dwight Ball said even though he was "infuriated" with Trump's actions, he insisted that N.L. wouldn't hesitate to repeat what they did during 9/11.
According to Dr. Theresa Tam, officials are 'looking at multiple entities in Canada' that could disinfect medical masks for reuse amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Canadian Red Cross says that the person who died is a family friend of the couple who owned the home.
Alberta seniors and others are being offered a “helping hand” during the COVID-19 pandemic from an Alberta-based automotive group. Wolfe Automotive Group president Ashley Wolfe provides details about the service.
Green Shirt Day is coming up on April 7 to promote organ donation. The day was named in honour of Logan Boulet who was killed in the tragic Humboldt Broncos Crash in 2018. Logan’s parents were on Global Edmonton’s Morning News to discuss the initiative.
“There will be a lot of death, unfortunately,” Trump said Saturday in a somber start to his daily briefing on the pandemic, “There will be death.”
A sudden influx of visitors to rural towns during the novel coronavirus outbreak has concerned public health officials.
As Canada's federal health minister in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hajdu's playing a leading role in an existential battle against a virus that promises to change the course of human societies around the globe -- the very thing cultural anthropologists spend their lives studying.
Public health officials have linked 143 known cases to the St. John's funeral home as of Friday. That's about 75 per cent of the provincial total.
The federal and provincial governments are facing a ``potential disaster'' if more coronavirus protections and social-distancing guidelines aren't extended to migrant agricultural workers, advocates say.
The U.S. warned of many more coronavirus deaths in the days ahead as the global pandemic muted traditional observances from family grave-cleaning ceremonies in China to Palm Sunday for many Christians.
The company has said that a dozen people on board have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, while others are experiencing flu-like symptoms.
Canadians in their 20s diagnosed with the new coronavirus say their illness was severe and they are concerned about infecting more vulnerable people.
Boredom is uncomfortable, and that discomfort might push you to make changes, psychologists say.
An Alberta doctor has sent a complaint to the province's privacy commissioner following an after-hours call from Tyler Shandro on his personal phone.
She and her family were tested again "just a few days ago," and were negative.
Here’s Kevin O’Connell’s Saturday, April 4, 2020 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.