Canada

Churches continue legal fight against British Columbia's COVID-19 rules

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a group of British Columbia churches that are challenging the province's COVID-19 rules is scheduled to resume his arguments today that the restrictions violate his clients' c...

Mar 02, 2021

International air travel a fraction of pre-pandemic times

OTTAWA - Canada's new testing and quarantine rules for international air travellers appear to have convinced even more Canadians to stay put in recent weeks. Most Canadians had been heeding the govern...

Mar 02, 2021

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 needs better promotion: experts

VANCOUVER - Essential workers who are more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 should be prioritized for immunization with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine now that a national panel is not recommen...

Mar 02, 2021

Statistics Canada to release final economic figures for 2020, January GDP estimate

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to say this morning precisely how bad a year the Canadian economy suffered in 2020. Preliminary estimates from late January suggested the economy suffered its wo...

Mar 02, 2021

Most Canadians confident federal vaccine rollout is back on track: poll

OTTAWA - A majority of Canadians believe Ottawa will follow through on its plan to provide enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for everyone who wants a shot by the fall, a new poll suggests. Fifty-six per c...

Mar 02, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, March 1, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 66,691 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,949,643 ...

Mar 01, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 1, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 1, 2021. There are 870,033 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 870,033 confirmed cases (30,430 active, 817,...

Mar 01, 2021

Alberta lifts some COVID-19 economic restrictions, delays others

EDMONTON - Alberta is opening up libraries and allowing low-intensity indoor group fitness workouts, like Pilates and tai chi, while it continues to monitor rates of COVID-19.The change is a fraction ...

Mar 01, 2021

National panel advises against using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on seniors

OTTAWA - A national panel of vaccine experts says provinces should not use AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on seniors, opening the door for provinces to start vaccinating younger populations with the n...

Mar 01, 2021

MPs to hear from ministers, officials on safety of returning travellers in quarantine

OTTAWA - MPs will hear from federal ministers and officials as early as this week on the safety of returning travellers after two women were allegedly sexually assaulted during mandatory COVID-19 quar...

Mar 01, 2021