P23-B emergency subsidy for areas under ECQ signed

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday approved the release of PHP23-billion emergency subsidy to about 22.9 million individuals in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces placed...

PRRD to allow private sector to import Covid-19 vax at will

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he has ordered vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. to sign any document that will allow the private sector to...

Duterte retains ECQ status of NCR, 4 areas until April 4

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has retained the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) classification of the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal until April 4,...

Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system

Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey

EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a “fiercely independent” five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 29, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 29, 2021. There are 971,715 confirmed cases in Canada....

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, March 29

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:40 p.m. British Columbia health officials announced 2,518 new COVID-19 cases over three days on...

Opposition MPs express anger as Liberal House leader, not PM aide, testifies on WE

OTTAWA — A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a...

Quebec coroner’s inquest begins into deaths at long-term care homes during first wave

JOLIETTE, Que. — A coroner’s inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and...