Carmichael said the letters show that most of the spread came after Armistice Day because people couldn't "contain themselves" celebrating the end of the war with parties and parades.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Nov. 6, 2020
Deaths from COVID-19 continue to climb with more than 90 per cent of deaths occurring in Ontario or Quebec.
Statistics Canada to release October jobs report
Job growth in Canada accelerated in September, as the economy added 378,000 jobs coming out of the summer. The gains also dropped the unemployment rate to nine per cent.
Airlines failed to prepare adequately for new passenger rights charter: report
The Canadian Transportation Agency says it found no evidence to suggest the six airlines investigated deliberately mischaracterized flight disruptions or miscommunicated to passengers with the aim of worming out of their obligations.
Ottawa finalizes methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
Ottawa has also announced a $750-million partly forgivable loan program to help industry cut its emissions.
Carolyn Wilkins, Bank of Canada's second-in-command, moves departure date to December
The central bank says Carolyn Wilkins will leave her job as senior deputy governor on Dec. 9, months before her seven-year term ends in May.
Flu shot demand up and getting more supply won't be easy
Politicians asked "every" Canadian to get vaccinated against influenza so overwhelmed hospitals don't also get hit with a flu-season tsunami. But the federal public health agency, which orders flu shots based on provinces' requests, only purchased 13.9 million doses.
Freeland to face grilling over business aid as part of deal to fast-track bill
Bill C-9 extends a federal wage subsidy until next summer, cancelling a previously-planned decline in its value, as well as expanding a popular business loan program and redoing a rent relief program widely criticized because its original design needed landlord buy-in.
Vancouver council waits until staff report in 2021 before making Olympic bid decision
Vancouver city council will wait until early 2021 before deciding whether Vancouver should make a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.
President, supporters defiant, combative in face of escalating election dispute
FAIRFAX, Va. — With his room to manoeuvre rapidly dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out with threats of legal action as Joe Biden closes in on the Oval Office.
The Trump campaign is mobilizing supporters and lawyers alike in battleground states where the process of counting votes plodded late into the night Wednesday.
U.S. could learn from elections in other countries including Canada: expert
The United States could have avoided the "crippling political paralysis" it is experiencing if it had a central elections administrator like in other democracies, says an American professor who teaches in Canada.
Moving to Canada didn't ease this American's election-induced stress
Melanie Gardner moved to Canada to escape Donald Trump's presidency, but even on the other side of the border she said the stress of the U.S. election is taking a physical toll.