The latest: Border no longer open for routine, casual traffic between Canada and U.S. Canadians stuck in Peru in limbo on getting help to leave the country. Flight bringing Canadians home from Morocco is expected to land in Montreal. Cruise ship approaches Genoa, Italy amid virus fears. Cyprus turns away migrant boat. Governors of Illinois, New…

Only a few panicked days stand between Donald Trump, the self-declared “wartime president,” and Donald Trump, the pre-pandemic president who saw concern over the fast-spreading virus as the latest political “hoax.” Critics are certain that the U.S. president’s lethargy in the face of one of the most serious public health threats to sweep the globe…

The latest: Border restrictions between the United States and Canada aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 came into effect across the country at midnight ET on Friday while political leaders in both countries have continued to ramp up their response to the pandemic. Manitoba declared a state of emergency on Friday, while New York, California and Illinois all introduced sweeping…

There is a new urgency for 800 Canadians in Peru desperately trying to make their way home amid the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic — the country’s minister of defence has announced that as of Sunday, Peru will no longer support any repatriation efforts by foreign governments. All borders and airports were shut down on March…

Stock markets around the world took a few tentative steps into the green on Friday, the second positive day in a row after the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 walloped equities for weeks. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark index was up by about one per cent, or 165 points, in early trading. In New York, the…

The seeds for the impending partial shutdown of the Canada-U.S. border were planted on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, in the frenzied aftermath of terrorist attacks. A direct consequence of that day’s chaos was the idea that you could segregate commercial from non-commercial travel, and continue shipping goods during a shutdown. Now, likely at some…