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Coronavirus in Canada

In this series, our journalists bring you important public health updates, breaking stories and in-depth analysis about meeting the challenges of the pandemic. Please note, as a public service, we are offering all of our reporting on the coronavirus for free. It's moments like these that show why sustainable, truthful journalism matters so much.

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Federal government must protect health-care workers: medical associaton

The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to fulfil its promise to support health-care employees amid continuing online harassment of physicians and other workers.

Coronavirus in Canada

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Erika Ibrahim

November 19th 2021

Vaccine sharing on agenda at North American leaders summit

Canada and Mexico will redistribute millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses they received from the United States to other Western Hemisphere countries as a part of today's, November 18, 2021, revived Three Amigos leaders' summit.

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The Canadian Press

November 18th 2021

Ottawa doctor issued death threat asks Trudeau to help protect health care workers

An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect health-care workers facing similar risks.

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Erika Ibrahim

News

November 12th 2021

COVID surges in Yukon, even among double vaccinated

Yukon may have led Canada's vaccination rates earlier this year, but the swift return of COVID-19 in the territory was inevitable and has prompted a return to tighter restrictions, Premier Sandy Silver says.

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Dirk Meissner

November 11th 2021

Canada approves Pfizer-BioNTech booster vaccine

Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, though third doses have already been given to high-risk people across the country.

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Laura Osman

November 10th 2021

Erin O'Toole says vaccine comments by some Tory MPs spread uncertainty and don't help

Erin O'Toole says comments about COVID-19 vaccines by some members of his caucus are not helpful and are spreading uncertainty about immunization, but he will deal with those issues privately with his team.

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Stephanie Taylor

November 8th 2021

Fully vaxxed Canadians are crossing the border, but COVID tests still a must

For the first time in nearly 20 months, non-essential traffic is once again moving in both directions across the Canada-U.S. land border.

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James McCarten

November 8th 2021

Canada-U.S. border businesses say COVID test not needed for vaccinated travellers

Monday's reopening of the Canada-U.S. land border is sparking a mixed reaction among Canadian business leaders: They're excited that people and not just goods will be crossing the border again but are wary of remaining red tape.

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Mike Blanchfield

November 7th 2021

Brace yourself for another winter of pandemic, says Canada's top doctor

While the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is slowly ebbing away, Canada's top doctor said that doesn't mean the pandemic is likely to end this winter — even with widespread vaccinations.

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Laura Osman

November 6th 2021

Officials examining whether PCR tests to cross Canada/US border make sense

Test requirements for travellers vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Canadian border need to be re-examined, particularly for short trips, says the country's top doctor.

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Laura Osman

November 6th 2021

Conservative 'mini-caucus' supporting unvaccinated won't contradict O'Toole, MP reports

Marilyn Gladu, a federal MP who is part of the group issued a statement reiterating she supports her leader "as well as his positions on COVID-19."

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Stephanie Taylor

November 6th 2021

Tories to form 'mini-caucus' to advocate for Canadians concerned about vaccine mandates

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says "This is not about Erin O'Toole's leadership. Has nothing to do with that."

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Stephanie Taylor

November 5th 2021

Alberta man convicted for assault for coughing on Calgary bar server

A man who removed his mask and deliberately coughed on a server at a Calgary bar last year has been convicted of assault.

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Daniela Germano

November 5th 2021

B.C. to hold one-on-one conversations with unvaccinated health-care workers

British Columbia's top doctor says health authorities are speaking with each worker who has chosen not to get vaccinated in hopes of changing their minds, and the highest number of those employees are in the Interior region, where overall immunization rates are low.

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Camille Bains

November 5th 2021

Jason Kenney denies throwing chief medical officer under the bus for COVID failures

Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting accusations that he is blaming the province's chief medical officer of health for Alberta’s failures in the handling of the fourth wave of COVID-19.

Coronavirus in Canada

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Dean Bennett

November 4th 2021