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Canada could begin loosening COVID-19 restrictions when more than half the population has received a first vaccine dose, the head of the country's immunity committee said Monday, as hard-hit Alberta signalled more public health rules would be coming

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:30 p.m. Yukon is reporting another COVID-19 infection, bringing the territory's total case count to 82. Chief medical officer of health Dr.

IQALUIT — Nunavut's capital declared a state of emergency Monday and Yellowknife in the neighbouring N.W.T. closed its schools as news cases of COVID-19 sprang up in both territories.

EDMONTON — An Alberta pastor accused of leading church services in violation of public-health orders says the COVID-19 pandemic has been blown out of proportion by the government and the media.

HALIFAX — Raised on a farm in Nova Scotia's Pictou County, Donald Cameron's rural roots were a source of pride for a man who in 1991 would become the province's 22nd premier and an advocate for fairness and social justice.

OTTAWA — More than 5,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after flying back to Canada since mandatory quarantine hotels began in late February. Thus far, variants of interest or concern have been identified in almost one-third of those cases.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau will stay in a quarantine hotel for three days starting Wednesday after returning from the United Kingdom where he's attending the first in-person meeting of G7 foreign and development ministers in over

OTTAWA — The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don't want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Monday.

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament say they are open to changing the way witnesses are treated at committees after some sexual violence survivors and advocates say they felt angered and, in some cases, revictimized when telling their personal stories in

MONTREAL — A commission investigating Quebec's youth protection system released its final report Monday, calling on the government to create a charter of children's rights.