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Politics

Quebec's infection outlook: Short-term pain

Canada

Jason Kenney reveals coronavirus projections to Alberta: Live video

Canada

Taking confession in a time of coronavirus—one driver at a time

Society

Fear and exhaustion: Working as a PSW in long-term care during the coronavirus

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Society

Quarantine nation: Inside the lockdown that will change Canada forever

Canadians have shut themselves in and the rest of the world out as the pandemic takes hold. We really are in this together. A special report on the COVID-19 crisis.

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News

Quebec's coronavirus projections—a tough road ahead

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

"Stay Home" is displayed on a sign over an empty road in Toronto, on March 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Society

Quarantine nation: Inside the lockdown that will change Canada forever

(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

A man walks through an empty shopping plaza in Toronto on March 25, 2020 (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A man walks through an empty shopping plaza in Toronto on March 25, 2020 (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Books

Walking and reading alone through pandemic days

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Politics

Trudeau's daily coronavirus update: Nearly 5,000 companies 'step up' to fight COVID-19 (Full transcript)

In his April 7 daily briefing to Canadians on the COVID-19 pandemic, the PM talked about how Canadian companies are retooling to make medical supplies—and mentioned a partnership with a Nobel laureate

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Monitors display the S&P AND TSX composite index in the financial district as the number of novel coronavirus cases continues to grow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Economic analysis

Coronavirus plunges Canada's economy into the abyss

BC Tweed Joint Venture on the outskirts of Vancouver B.C. in Delta and Aldergrove BC. (Jen Osborne/Redux)

BC Tweed Joint Venture on the outskirts of Vancouver B.C. in Delta and Aldergrove BC. (Jen Osborne/Redux)

Business

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

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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

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Taiwanese wearing masks as precautionary measures against coronavirus walk past at a street in Taipei, Taiwan, 26 Mar. 2020. (Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA/CP)

Taiwanese wearing masks as precautionary measures against coronavirus walk past at a street in Taipei, Taiwan, 26 Mar. 2020. (Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA/CP)

Opinion

Taiwan's coronavirus protocol might be seen as 'extreme' to Canadians, but it works

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News

A heat map of coronavirus cases in Canada

Workers sort out all the personal protective equipment (PPE) received from China at a warehouse in Valencia, Spain, on Mar. 25 2020. A total of 3,800,000 masks, 5,000 protective suits and 2,000,000 gloves arrived to Valencia region to equip hospitals and elderly homes. (Juan Carlos Cardenas/EPA/CP)

Workers sort out all the personal protective equipment (PPE) received from China at a warehouse in Valencia, Spain, on Mar. 25 2020. A total of 3,800,000 masks, 5,000 protective suits and 2,000,000 gloves arrived to Valencia region to equip hospitals and elderly homes. (Juan Carlos Cardenas/EPA/CP)

Opinion

How China weaponized its supply chain

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions at the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Saturday April 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions at the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Saturday April 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

News

Doug Ford's latest Ontario coronavirus update: Live video

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