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OTTAWA — Beginning at noon Monday, anyone in Canada showing symptoms related to COVID-19 will be barred from boarding domestic flights and trains, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday.

WINNIPEG — Phones have been ringing continuously at the office of the First Nations family advocate in Manitoba as parents, children and social workers look for answers about what will happen to some of society's most vulnerable during the COVID-19 p

Luciana Infusino-Tomei has been left alone to care for her young daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic after her husband was sent to prison last year on a drug-related charge. The 38-year-old woman from Vaughan, Ont.

Spring break is over in most of Canada but provincial governments and teachers' unions are still trying to figure out how learning will resume at home, which for many parents has been transformed into a workplace and now a classroom.

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $8 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Apr.

A funeral for Paula Lockhart was held in Kentville, N.S., last week, after the 55-year-old passed away following a long battle with cancer. For Paula's son Keith, it wasn't the service he expected.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Medical officers of health and Canada's chief public health officer are encouraging people to wash their hands, give each other space and wear a mask if they're sick.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:20 p.m. Ontario is now restricting gatherings of more than five people. There are a few exceptions, including for households with more than five people.

It should have been the trip of a lifetime for Ottawa residents Catherine McLeod and Paul Innes, but it has turned into a nightmare as they remain trapped on a cruise ship where COVID-19 has taken hold and four people have died.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:39 p.m. on March 28, 2020: There are 5,655 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.