New Brunswick reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the first time it has done so this year.The province is also reporting that nine new people have recovered since Monday, meaning there are now only 75 active cases
Public health officials have identified upwards of 700 cases of contagious COVID-19 variants across Canada, the nation’s top doctor said Saturday, a finding she said lends new urgency to her calls to maintain personal COVID-19 precautions.Individual actions in conjunction
Over 100 million people around the world have been infected with the novel coronavirus, a milestone reached just over a year after COVID-19 began to take hold.The world crossed that threshold at approximately 3 p.m. ET Tuesday — a
While most of Europe kicked off 2021 with earlier curfews or stay-at-home orders, authorities in Spain insist the new coronavirus variant causing havoc elsewhere is not to blame for a sharp resurgence of cases and that the country can
Canadians knew the recent holiday season was going to be a tough one amid spiking coronavirus cases.Public health officials across the country urged people to avoid in-person gatherings and keep to their households — but nearly half chose to
Canada surpassed 600,000 cases of the novel coronavirus Monday, as much of the country continues to grapple with accelerating transmission and hospitalizations.The national total climbed to 600,667 as of Monday morning with Ontario’s latest provincial tally of 3,270. A
Yukon is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 in people who were exposed to someone who had travelled out of the territory.The government says the four people are recovering at home.Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brendan Hanley says the new
A coalition of international lawyers, led by a former Canadian attorney general, is calling for a new global charter to protect the rights of imprisoned journalists in an increasingly hostile world.Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and international
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says rapidly rising coronavirus case counts are driving home the importance of recognizing it is “smart restrictions” — not just any restrictions — that will help fight the spread of the virus in Canadian communities.In
The Canadian government is offering up an early but tantalizing glimmer of hope for a potential coronavirus vaccine that could begin to be rolled out in the next three to five months.A notice on the government’s contracting site invites