People who are vaccinated to protect themselves against COVID-19 and experience an adverse event after the immunization will be eligible for compensation, the federal government says.
The announcement of the no-fault program is part of Canada's preparations to roll out coronavirus vaccines, beginning with the Pfizer-BioNtech version that will...
The COVID-19 travel restrictions in place at the Canada-U.S. land border are being extended another month, and will now remain in effect until Jan. 21, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.
Trudeau said in French that this decision was taken to protect citizens on both sides of the border,...
Nunavut reported 16 new COVID-19 cases today, all in Arviat, raising the territory’s total active case count to 56, the Government of Nunavut said in a news release issued Dec. 11.
That represents a major shift from the previous day, Dec. 10, when the territory reported zero new cases.
Yesterday, Dr....
Nova Scotia reported nine new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. With eight previously reported cases now considered resolved, the number of active cases in the province has risen from 64 to 65.
Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang are scheduled to provide an update on the COVID-19 situation at...
Manitoba has reported 14 more deaths related to COVID-19, as the total number of cases in the province breaks 20,000 since March.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, reported the most recent deaths on Friday. These people range in ages from their 50s to their 100s, with...
Ontario reported 1,848 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 136,631.
Friday’s case count is a decrease from Thursday’s which saw a record breaking 1,983 new cases. On Wednesday, 1,890 cases were recorded and 1,676 on Tuesday.
According to Friday’s provincial report, 469 cases were recorded in...
Alberta casinos, along with other businesses, must shut down this week because of an increase in COVID-19 infection rates. The province has seen a significant increase in positive case counts, which was the catalyst for the new government mandate. New restrictions also include province-wide mask-wearing.
The Alberta Government announced the...
Quebec's health minister defended his government's decision to go further than public health recommendations by shuttering restaurant dining rooms in regions hard-hit by the second wave of the pandemic earlier this fall.
Christian Dube told reporters Thursday in Quebec City that a public health proposal to keep restaurants open to...
Quebec public health has added 53 new COVID-19 virus-related deaths to the provincial total.
According to Santé Quebec, among the 53 new deaths, six occurred over the past day, 36 between December 4 and December 9, ten from earlier in December, and one from an “unknown date.”
New daily cases...
Twenty-eight British Columbians have died due to complications from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, B.C. health officials confirmed Thursday (Dec. 10).
In a somber update, Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry gave their condolences to the families who most recently lost a loved one...
