OTTAWA - A reasonable person should foresee the risk of driving almost three times the speed limit towards a major city intersection, the Supreme Court of Canada says in upholding a man's conviction.

The economic impact of the COVID-19 virus is difficult to estimate because the situation is rapidly changing and because shuttering large segments of the economy is unprecedented.

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is cutting production and reducing capital spending as it deals with the COVID-19 outbreak.

TORONTO - The steadily growing case load of COVID-19 infections in Canada surpassed 4,000 and the death toll shot up on Friday amid questions about fatalities that may not be counted as resulting from the pandemic.

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is projecting that the federal deficit for the coming fiscal year could be $112.7 billion, a jump of $89.5 billion from previous forecasts as government spending climbs to combat the economic fallout from COVID-19.

TORONTO - A Canadian family on a round-the-world trip plans to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific despite the risk of dengue fever.