Atlantic Canada

As New Brunswick prepares to drop all of its COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, July 30, 2021, night, some infectious disease experts are warning the province should prepare for a surge in cases this fall because of the highly contagious Delta variant.

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial election for Aug. 17, 2021, hoping to secure a third consecutive term for the Liberal party.

David Abel sees a clear solution to the human threat posed to North Atlantic right whales, involving a rethink of the rope-based methods of lobster fishing off New England and Atlantic Canada.

Officials in many Canadian provinces are tightening anti-pandemic restrictions to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader event.

Atlantic Canada's political leaders have touted the region as an example to the world after the novel coronavirus was repeatedly beaten back by a population that dutifully followed orders to isolate and physically distance.

Canada's top doctor warned provinces against easing stringent public health measures on Saturday, January 30, 2021, just as the premier of one of the provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic said he hoped to do exactly that in a little over a week.

A director at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association believes provinces should set targets for vaccinating inmates in provincial jails — something half of jurisdictions have yet to do.

British Columbia's decision to seek legal advice on limiting travel reinforces the message that it isn't the time to go on vacation across the country, Canada's chief medical officer of health said on Friday, January 15, 2021.

It was a day of disparity in Canada's protracted battle against the novel coronavirus, with some provinces recording alarmingly high numbers of infections on on Sunday, January 10, 2021, while at least one province managed to whittle new cases to zero.

Surges in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across several provinces prompted warnings on Monday, January 4, 2021, from public health experts, who said stricter measures and adherence to guidelines are needed in the days and weeks ahead.

Blaine Higgs says 2020 taught him a lot about the importance of perseverance.

Canada surpassed 15,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday, December 28, 2020, and at least one infectious disease expert says the somber milestone should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the dangers of the disease are overhyped.

A slew of travel restrictions and rules meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 will be extended into January, the federal government said on Sunday, November 29, 2020, as case counts continued to rise steadily across the country.

Regions across Canada braced for a host of new public health restrictions on Sunday, November 22, 2020, as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sent case counts soaring from coast to coast.

Calls for Ottawa to define a "moderate livelihood" fishery mounted on Sunday, October 18, 2020, as hundreds gathered in support of Indigenous lobster fishers after a heated dispute over treaty rights boiled over.