Ontario will lay out the order and timeframe in which specific population groups will be immunized against COVID-19, possibly within the next few weeks.
Dr. Dirk Huyer, a member of the province's COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, says the group is working to determine the sequencing “over the next number of weeks,” after which it should be publicly released.
TORONTO - Ontario's premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government's messaging regarding COVID-19 measures.
Alberta is the first province to officially say the NHL can play games in its arenas for the upcoming season.
In a statement to The Canadian Press on Thursday, the Alberta government said it approved Edmonton and Calgary for competition on Dec. 25 following the review of protocols outlined in the league's return-to-play plan, along with some additional enhancements.
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the novel coronavirus home with them.
MONTREAL–Quebec’s health minister is confirming the province’s first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom.
Christian Dube said today the person who tested positive is a family member of someone who returned from the U.K. on Dec. 11.
TORONTO–COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario are expected to return to full operations today after being scaled down over the holidays.
The province says five vaccination clinics were open on Sunday, 10 were back in action Monday and all of them are set to resume immunizations today.
TORONTO–Ontario is reporting nearly 4,500 new cases of COVID-19 over two days and a total of 78 new deaths.
The province says 2,553 new infections were recorded today and 1,939 on Monday.
WINNIPEG - The COVID-19 pandemic will shape Manitoba politics in many ways in 2021.
There will be an ongoing attempt to control outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed. Decisions will need to be made about how many strict limits on business openings and public gatherings should remain to slow the spread of infection.
OTTAWA - A contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has infiltrated two more regions of Canada, health officials said Sunday, a day after announcing the country's first cases of the variant had been detected.
The strain of the novel coronavirus has now been found in Ottawa and the Vancouver Island area of B.C., public health authorities said.
Much has happened in the world since Christine Sinclair made soccer history in January en route to helping the Canadian women book their ticket to the Tokyo Olympics.
