Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

OTTAWA — The federal government is "lining up advance deals" to buy rapid tests for COVID-19 so as soon as the technology is approved for use in Canada, it can be put to work, says Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

A self-identified “concerned student” from the University of British Columbia has generated a petition in an effort to stop fraternities from hosting in-person rush events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

B.C. premier John Horgan’s calling an election has left the province without health, finance and education ministers at a time of crisis, the Green Party leaders said Sept. 24. And, Sonia Fursteneau told Union of B.C.

The province reported another six cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. There are three new cases in the Regina zone, two in the Saskatoon zone and one in the Central West.

BANFF, Alta. — Speakers at the Global Business Forum say the COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing the way the world's economic and social orders function — and some of those effects will be permanent.

BANFF, Alta. — Speakers at the Global Business Forum say the COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing the way the world's economic and social orders function — and some of those effects will be permanent.

BANFF, Alta. — Speakers at the Global Business Forum say the COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing the way the world's economic and social orders function — and some of those effects will be permanent.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's chief public health officer says half of people who have tested for COVID-19 in recent weeks had visited bars, pubs or restaurants. Dr.

On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Fraser Health flagged the first school in the Tri-Cities for COVID-19 exposure. But while Riverside secondary in Port Coquitlam was the first in the Tri-Cities to record an exposure event, it will likely not be the last.

Quebecers are being urged to minimize in-person contact and Ontario is trying to clear its COVID-19 testing backlog as Canada's two most populous provinces report increases in new daily infections.