CBC News
Featured Content
Number of COVID-19 cases in Canada surpasses 2,000
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5506750.1584978939!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/1208040949.jpg)
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5507451.1585001156!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/covid-cda-20200320.jpg)
Analysis
Lives are at stake — so why are some Canadians ignoring social distancing rules?
If the federal government feels compelled to invoke extraordinary powers under the Emergencies Act to enforce social distancing, what would that say about us as citizens?
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5507257.1584994664!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/covid-cda-20200322.jpg)
Updated
The 'measure of last resort': What is the Emergencies Act and what does it do?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the provincial and territorial leaders spoke Monday about the possibility of invoking the federal Emergencies Act as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads — legislation that empowers Ottawa to do just about anything it thinks is necessary to cope with the crisis.
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5505698.1584813236!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/aptopix-virus-outbreak-trump.jpg)
As Trump muses about easing COVID-19 restrictions, all eyes are on the border
Canada may face additional pressure to re-examine its pandemic response border agreement with the United States if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on speculation that he might ease social distancing recommendations in the next week.
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3607681.1464635426!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/ms-zaandam.jpg)
'Get us the hell off': Nearly 250 Canadians aboard ship with passengers, crew exhibiting flu-like symptoms
Thirteen passengers and 29 crew members have fallen ill with influenza-like symptoms on board a Holland America Line cruise ship currently off the coast of Chile. And Canadians aboard are desperate to get home.
Business ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4546889.1519328517!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/tess-richey.jpg)
Kalen Schlatter guilty of 1st-degree murder in death of Tess Richey
On Monday, a jury found Kalen Schlatter guilty of first-degree murder in the case of Tess Richey. The Toronto woman's death in 2017 was for a long time a mystery but now we are finally able to piece together what happened.
Canada -Toronto |
What to do if you think you have COVID-19: A guide to each province and territory
Canada will not send Olympians to Tokyo unless Games postponed, citing COVID-19 risks
Sports -Olympics ||
Panic sets in for Canadians stranded in Guatemala by pandemic
Politics ||
FACT CHECK
Viral video claiming 5G caused pandemic easily debunked
Technology & Science |
Canadian IOC member believes Tokyo Olympics will be postponed
Sports -Olympics ||
More than a million Canadian citizens and permanent residents returned home last week
Politics ||
'You must stay at home': Boris Johnson orders British shops closed, no gatherings in coronavirus lockdown
World |
Analysis
Coronavirus puts a spotlight on the moral compass of America
World ||
She lost her mother to COVID-19. Now she is urging people to help stop the spread
Canada -British Columbia ||
IMF says coronavirus recession will be worse than 2008, as UN appeals for aid for poorest economies
World ||
Follow CBC News
Add some “good” to your morning and evening.
A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you.
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5187431.1561386355!/fileImage/httpImage/ombudsman-logo.jpg)
Feedback or complaints regarding the application of CBC Journalistic Standards and practices?
learn more
More CBC News
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4826834.1537555772!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/aspirin-heart-attacks.jpg)
New guidelines advise against taking Aspirin to prevent heart disease, first stroke
Health ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5441553.1584901148!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/rbc.jpg)
Consumers could face hit to credit scores, jump in payments from mortgage deferrals
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.2839477.1464890301!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/aaron-saltzman.jpg)
Aaron Saltzman
Business ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5392561.1576086355!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/1007305890.jpg)
Canadian airlines ramp up repatriation flights while cutting back regular service
Business |
U.S. coronavirus economic rescue talks continue as Trump appears to waffle on shutdown
World |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3785703.1475285375!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/usa-fed.jpg)
Stock markets lose ground again Monday despite U.S. central bank pledge to do 'whatever it takes'
Business |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5138193.1558009612!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/air-transat.jpg)
Transat AT lays off 3,600 staff, about 70% of workforce
Business |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.4065173.1491881037!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/usa-election-russia-cybercrime.jpg)
Canada's cyber spies taking down sites as battle against COVID-19 fraud begins
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3917618.1505749047!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/catharine-tunney.jpg)
Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5506429.1584947641!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/aptopix-virus-outbreak-olympics-tokyo-2020.jpg)
Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen — but in 2021, not 2020
World |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5506180.1584904233!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/coronavirus-refugees.jpg)
Aid workers brace for impact of coronavirus in refugee camps
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3069490.1518017997!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/margaret-evans.jpg)
Margaret Evans
World |
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5505792.1584822094!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/cda-coronavirus-20200320.jpg)
Hajdu looking at criminal penalties for travellers who disobey quarantine advice
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.3917618.1505749047!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/catharine-tunney.jpg)
Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5506460.1584967763!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/virus-outbreak-africa-gorillas.jpg)
Coronavirus risk to rare mountain gorillas prompts tourist bans
Technology & Science ||
![](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200324012923im_/https://i.cbc.ca/1.5363910.1574359561!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_220/cbc-news-morning-brief-newsletter.jpg)