Canada

As of Thursday, about 96,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to Albertans and more are likely going to be able to get their second dose thanks to another shipment. Alberta Health confirmed the province received a shipment of Pfizer vaccine this week. That shipment included 21,450 doses. “With 96,500...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging people not to travel as Canada’s two largest provinces reported a decrease in hospitalizations after weeks of surging COVID-19 numbers. Trudeau says it’s time to “kill the second wave of the virus.” The government is mulling a mandatory quarantine in hotels for returning travellers as...

Ontario reported another 2,662 cases of COVID-19 and 87 more deaths linked to the illness on Friday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government will send two mobile health units to assist in the Greater Toronto Area. "The spike in COVID-19 cases this month has put a real...

All the stops were pulled out Friday in the fight against COVID-19, as the Ontario government unleashed its #StayHomeON social media campaign with an image that, once in your mind, cannot be washed away by any amount of sanitizer: that of Premier Doug Ford, standing in your bedroom in...

Scientists in the province of Quebec are planning to sample and analyse waste water to look for the presence of the COVID-19 virus. This could be a faster, cheaper and more reliable way to find out where there are areas with high levels of infection. Studies show that many...

Quebec health officials say the lockdown is working but we're not out of the woods yet, and extending the current measures is not off the table. As the health crisis continues, Quebec is reporting 1,631 new cases and 88 additional deaths attributable to the novel coronavirus Friday. Health authorities say 18...

Quebec is reporting 1,631 new COVID-19 cases and 88 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus as hospitalizations dropped for a third consecutive day. The Health Department said today hospitalizations fell by 27, to 1,476, and 212 people were in intensive care, a drop of four. Hospitalizations have decreased by 74...

Several southern Ontario school boards that straddle public health units are gearing up to reopen only a portion of their schools to in-person learning next week, adding another layer of complexity to an academic year that's been defined by quick pivots. The government order allowing schools in seven public health...

The mystery of why virtually all of the seniors and 74 workers became infected with COVID-19 at Roberta Place long-term care is now becoming clear -- one of the new variants of the novel coronavirus was behind the outbreak. Six residents at the home in Barrie, Ont. have now been...

Julie Payette resigned as Canada's Governor General Thursday, saying that to protect the integrity of her office and for the good of the country, it was time for her to go. Payette joins a very short list of governors general who have left the post early but is the first...