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Trudeau addresses Canadians on the COVID-19 situation from Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on March 23, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Justin Trudeau’s daily coronavirus update: ’Enough is enough. Go home and stay home.’ (Full Transcript)

In his address for March 23, the PM urged Canadians to do their part by staying home and called on Canadian institutions to offer their expertise to fight the virus

Jane Philpott and follow doctor Melanie Henry at the Markham Stouffville Hospital COVID-19 Assessment Centre. (Jane Philpott)

Dispatches from the coronavirus front lines: ’I am afraid of what lies ahead for humanity’

Jane Philpott describes her first few shifts working on the COVID-19 front lines at Markham Stouffville Hospital

Trudeau provides update on the coronavirus in Canada: Live video

The PM will address Canadians from Rideau Cottage on the federal government’s latest measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks attend a vigil for Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, who was reprimanded for warning about the outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Hong Kong. China has taken the highly unusual move of exonerating the doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the coronavirus outbreak and later died of the disease. An official media report said police in Wuhan had revoked its admonishment of Dr. Li that had included a threat of arrest and issued a solemn apology" to his family. (Kin Cheung/AP File/CP)

Criticism of the Chinese government’s handling of coronavirus is not racism

Marcus Kolga: By wrapping themselves in ethno-nationalist rhetoric, the Chinese Communist Party often claims that a critique of their actions is equivalent to a critique of their people—a tried and true tactic in the authoritarian playbook

A hospital worker wearing a face shield and mask is seen at a COVID-19 assessment centre for staff at Lions Gate Hospital, in North Vancouver, on Thursday, March 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The race to get personal protective equipment to health care workers

Doctors across Canada are calling on dental clinics, veterinarians, nail salons, artists—everyone—to contribute supplies to help the people treating and testing for COVID-19

A makeshift home is seen in Toronto on, Mar. 1, 2018. A recent document produced by the City of Toronto stated that the city had removed over 300 encampments in its parks and ravines. Within Toronto, in its ravines, parks and underneath bridges, hides a booming population of temporary homes. (Chris Young/CP)

It’s time to think of homelessness as a public health emergency

Cathy Crowe: After a homeless person in Toronto tested positive for coronavirus, the government needs to realize that ’self-isolation’ for this population is a cruel oxymoron

Trudeau’s latest update on the coronavirus in Canada: Full transcript

The Prime Minister’s daily briefing on Sunday included news parliament would be recalled on Tuesday to pass emergency legislation, an update on efforts to bring Canadians home — and a pep talk for kids

Trudeau’s Saturday update on the coronavirus in Canada: Full transcript

The Prime Minister provides his daily briefing: Northwest Territories limits non-essential travel while work continues to bring Canadians home from Peru, Spain, Morocco and elsewhere

Simmons, with some supplies destined for people who can't get out to shop (Zachary Simmons)

The ’caremongers’ getting food and essentials to the country’s most vulnerable

Bands of volunteers across the country are pooling time and resources to deliver supplies to those shut in by COVID-19

A man jogs past the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa on March 20, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Here’s that rainy day. Remember this feeling.

Paul Wells: This coronavirus crisis is teaching us about shocks to the spirit. But it should also be a lesson in what we are well rid of.

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