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CANADA: Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's portable COVID-19 test

CANADA: Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's portable COVID-19 test

Dubbed the Spartan Cube and about the size of a coffee cup, results can be had in less than an hour and do not require the specialized expertise and equipment of a large lab
COVID-19: Pants or no pants? How your coronavirus home outfit impacts your mood

COVID-19: Pants or no pants? How your coronavirus home outfit impacts your mood

Once people go back to their old work spaces or find new employment, Bissonnette said new trends may emerge
COVID-19: Air Canada and others suspend flights until June as sector slammed by pandemic

COVID-19: Air Canada and others suspend flights until June as sector slammed by pandemic

The decision extends the suspension of more than 160 Air Canada routes as well as Air Transat and Sunwing trips by another month as closed borders and vanishing travel demand continue to ravage the airline industry
ONTARIO: Province to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers

ONTARIO: Province to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers

People are getting antsy, Ford said, but he wants to take a cautious approach
COVID-19: Long-term care deaths expected to rise as growth of total cases slows, says Tam

COVID-19: Long-term care deaths expected to rise as growth of total cases slows, says Tam

She said long-term care homes are at particular risk, not only because of the older populations they serve, but also communal living spaces and the number of people who come and go
LIVE: Premier Doug Ford says Ontario making progress in procuring medical supplies

LIVE: Premier Doug Ford says Ontario making progress in procuring medical supplies

Ontario to receive donation of 250,000 N95 masks from Alberta
LIVE: Farmers, food processors get $50 million to secure temporary foreign workers

LIVE: Farmers, food processors get $50 million to secure temporary foreign workers

Migrant workers receive travel exemption to work on farms, food processing facilities in Canada
COVID-19: A 'failure of early warning' for Canada, intelligence expert says

COVID-19: A 'failure of early warning' for Canada, intelligence expert says

According to Wesley Wark, professor at University of Ottawa, a determination in mid-January that COVID-19 could hit Canada hard would have given the country a head start
WORLD: Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

WORLD: Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an emergency declaration this week to battle the virus, putting the country under restrictions after it seemed it had avoided the spread
CANADA: How COVID-19 has helped advance telemedicine

CANADA: How COVID-19 has helped advance telemedicine

Social distancing required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to a sharp increase in the use of telemedicine