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 on the ship — which has been searching for a place to dock since March 14 — are desperate to get home. The ship is carrying 1,829 people: 586 crew and 1,243 passengers, 247 of…

There is new information available to business owners on the federal government’s proposed temporary wage subsidy that is part of the economic response plan to counter Canadians’ financial hardships due to COVID-19. The Canada Revenue Agency has now released a more detailed breakdown of who is eligible and how the subsidy will be implemented. Here’s…

Stock markets opened lower on Monday morning despite the U.S. central bank pledging to do whatever it takes to backstop the American economy against the onslaught of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 500 points, while the Toronto Stock Exchange was off by about 300 in the first half-hour of trading. Both…

WestJet is significantly reducing its number of flights within Canada, but also ramping up its schedule of flights to the United States, Caribbean and Central America in an attempt to get Canadians home. The Calgary-based airline says it is reducing the number of flights it offers within Canada by about half because the COVID-19 pandemic has…

Transat AT Inc. has temporarily laid off about 70 per cent of its workforce in Canada, about 3,600 people. The decision comes as non-essential travel around the world comes to a standstill as governments close borders in an effort to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. Transat said Monday some of these layoffs are effective immediately, while…

Canadians couldn’t get answers on mortgage deferrals at Canada’s biggest bank because information and eligibility requirements kept changing almost by the hour, a source who works for RBC tells CBC News.. When the first details were eventually given out to frontline employees at RBC’s Mississauga call centre, they revealed deferrals would be available to all…