Canada's top public health officer raised the risk level associated with the growing COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, March 15, 2020, even as retailers and top politicians reassured Canadian that any restrictive measures would not result in shortages of food or other basics.

Leaders in Toronto's Chinese community said on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, the racist attitudes that led to widespread discrimination against Chinese Canadians during the SARS epidemic are threatening to resurface during the current outbreak of a new coronavirus.

The federal government promised on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, to match all contributions to a fundraising campaign that aims to provide financial relief for the families of the 57 Canadians killed in a plane crash in Iran earlier this month.

Anxiety and apathy have both come easily to Galen Watts so far this year.