A story by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on April 29, 2020, reported that some Canadians were upset to receive a special edition of "The Epoch Times" that called COVID-19 the "CCP virus". Later the CBC retracted a headline on its story that had quoted a recipient saying the special edition was "racist and inflammatory", and the CBC also retracted a claim that "The Epoch Times" edition had concluded that COVID-19 was a bioweapon. Opinion columns published by conservative tabloid "The Toronto Sun" accused the CBC of bias against "The Epoch Times" and said the CBC's report may have misled readers into thinking "The Epoch Times" was spreading anti-Asian sentiment.