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Ottawa

Inside the parliamentary all-nighter that approved billions in emergency spending

Culture

Disney+ in April 2020: What’s new

Business

Why legal pot was taking a hit in Canada, weeks before COVID-19 sent markets plunging

Health

Quebec leads in optimism even as its coronavirus case numbers soar: new poll

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Canada

The coronavirus question: To mask or not to mask

Stephen Maher: There is growing commentary that all Canadians should wear masks in public to stop the virus. Here's what the experts say.

Latest on Coronavirus

(Patricia Treble and Lauren Cattermole)

(Patricia Treble and Lauren Cattermole)

Health

Coronavirus in Canada: These charts show how our fight to 'flatten the curve' is going

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News

A heat map of coronavirus cases in Canada

A COVID-19 assessment centre in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/CP)

A COVID-19 assessment centre in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Health

Coronavirus in Canada: how to get tested, what the symptoms are, where to get help

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during his daily press conference on COVID-19 in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage, on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Sunday, March 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during his daily press conference on COVID-19 in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage, on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Sunday, March 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada

Trudeau's daily coronavirus update: 'We're giving this fight everything we've got' (Full transcript)

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LATEST ON POLITICS

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POLITICS INSIDER

One man's 'Team Canada' approach is another man's 'botched' bill

Politics Insider for April 2: Liberals ask Parliament to reconvene, the health minister admits the limits of federal emergency stockpiles, and Canadians are still flying home from everywhere

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

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Money

What the low loonie means for Canadian consumers, businesses and investors

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Real Estate

Deferring your mortgage because of coronavirus could cost you

A rescue farm in Duncan, Vancouver Island, holds horses that have avoided slaughter (Photograph by Jen Osborne)

A rescue farm in Duncan, Vancouver Island, holds horses that have avoided slaughter (Photograph by Jen Osborne)

Business

Canada is a go-to source of horsemeat. These activists are trying to change that.

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Economy

What to do if you're laid off because of the coronavirus

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Writer Diana Biacora with Rosemarie "Kim" Junor before she passed in 2015. (Diana Biacora)

Writer Diana Biacora with Rosemarie "Kim" Junor before she passed in 2015. (Diana Biacora)

Society

Dear Kim: 'I wish I knew this was going to be our last time together'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada

Trudeau's April 2 coronavirus update: Live video

In this Mar. 27, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP/CP)

In this Mar. 27, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP/CP)

Opinion

Can democracy survive the coronavirus?

Queen's University students move out from residence in Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

Queen's University students move out from residence in Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

Education

What life is like for students still living in university dorms during coronavirus

The USNS Comfort medical ship moves up the Hudson River as it arrives on March 30, 2020 in New York as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. - A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America's coronavirus epicenter prepares to fight the peak of the pandemic that has killed over 2,500 people across the US. The navy's 1,000-bed USNS Comfort entered a Manhattan pier around 10:45 am (1545 GMT). It will treat non-virus-related patients, helping to ease the burden of hospitals overwhelmed by the crisis. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)

The USNS Comfort medical ship moves up the Hudson River as it arrives on March 30, 2020 in New York as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. - A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America's coronavirus epicenter prepares to fight the peak of the pandemic that has killed over 2,500 people across the US. The navy's 1,000-bed USNS Comfort entered a Manhattan pier around 10:45 am (1545 GMT). It will treat non-virus-related patients, helping to ease the burden of hospitals overwhelmed by the crisis. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)

News

The U.S. Navy gives comfort—in the form of a hospital ship—to an ailing New York City