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MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault hails Quebec health-care workers as "guardian angels," but some say they are being denied services at banks and pharmacies when they reveal their occupations.

OTTAWA — As she watched the novel coronavirus swallow a helpless New York City, transforming it into the twin epicentre of the pandemic, Louise Blais found lessons in her own past for how to slay a demon.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory.

TORONTO — Amid crippling job losses across the country due to COVID-19, the federal government on Thursday warned the number of Canadians killed by the novel coronavirus would likely double over the next week and could reach thousands over the course

TORONTO — The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he doesn't see a need for Ottawa to use the sweeping Emergencies Act to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — Saudi Arabia still has a troubling human rights record but Canada's foreign affairs minister says an amended contract to sell it light-armoured vehicles is better than the version the previous Conservative government negotiated.

OTTAWA — Parliament will be recalled Saturday to vote on the Trudeau government's $73-billion emergency wage subsidy program to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll through the COVID-19 crisis.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:05 p.m.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:20 p.m. ET on April 9, 2020: There are 20,765 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.