WASHINGTON — Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after his handling of the firing of an aircraft carrier captain who asked for help with a coronavirus outbreak was scrutinized. Modly came under fire and was called upon by Democratic lawmakers to resign after remarks […]
WASHINGTON – Americans have yet to receive their $1,200 stimulus checks from the federal government, but another round of cash payments could be coming their way. Talks are under way between the Trump administration and Congress on another recovery package to blunt the economic impact […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has not seen memos in which one of his top advisers warned earlier this year that a coronavirus pandemic could endanger millions of Americans, but that even if he had, it would not have changed his response […]
The news that a tiger tested positive for COVID-19 at the Bronx Zoo in New York dropped like a bomb at the Toronto Zoo. Staff traded messages after news broke Sunday night. By Monday morning, new precautions — including wearing masks, gloves and coveralls — […]
Ottawa’s Musia Balko and her husband survived COVID-19. Now she’s going public with their story to offer hope to those who will follow in their agonizing footsteps. Balko, 57, believes she was exposed to the respiratory illness on a flight home from Vancouver via Toronto on March […]
Dry cough, fever and difficulty breathing are the most common symptoms of COVID-19, but specialists are starting to learn more about less common potential symptoms such as loss of one’s sense of smell, disorientation and even seizures. Some doctors are trying to understand how widespread these symptoms are […]
We’re breaking down what you need to know about the pandemic by answering your questions. You can send us your questions via email at COVID@cbc.ca and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday on our website, and […]
With an American election at this year, the chief executive of Enbridge was already expecting 2020 to be a “choppy” year for the company, since presidential candidates can have differing viewpoints on whether major pipeline projects should proceed and on the oilpatch, as a whole. […]
While the Canadian Transportation Agency states airlines only have to offer passengers travel vouchers for cancelled flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the European Union and the U.S. have declared that — under their rules — passengers are entitled to refunds. “Canadians should have the same […]
Zoom Video Communications Inc. was slapped with a class-action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the videoconferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to disclose that its service was not end-to-end encrypted. Shareholder Michael Drieu claimed in a court filing […]
