COVID-19

British Columbia has reinstated restrictions on gatherings in the Northern Health region because of a spike in COVID-19 cases fuelled by the Delta variant.

B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, after protests outside some hospitals in the province.

Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, that will see Ontarians showing proof of immunization to access public spaces such as restaurants, gyms and movie theatres.

British Columbia needs a significant shift in how it treats people who use drugs, the province's chief coroner said on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, after releasing statistics showing 1,011 people died from suspected illicit overdoses from January to June.

Seven-year-old Jayda Watts-Simeon was bouncing up and down with excitement on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at the chance to be back in school.

Canadians travelling to the United Kingdom will not be required to quarantine upon arrival as of Monday, August 31, 2021, regardless of whether they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

A group of major Canadian long-term care operators will require all staff be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall, with those who don't take the shots being asked to go on unpaid leave.

The trustees of the Toronto District School Board, Ontario’s and Canada’s largest school board, Wednesday night took a much stronger stance in its policy on COVID-19 vaccinations than the Ford government has, unanimously voting to insist on proof or multiple other steps to keep young people safe.

If Erin O'Toole's Conservatives want to actually win an election, they’ll have to start taking things like the “she-cession” more seriously, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

British Columbia is reintroducing a public health order requiring people to wear masks in all indoor public spaces including malls, grocery stores and on transit starting Wednesday to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Running merely on his solid record these past 18 months will only get Leader Leader Justin Trudeau so far, writes Andrew Perez.

British Columbia is bringing in a vaccine card for residents to get access to restaurants, clubs, sporting events and other activities. 

Two weeks ahead of a long-awaited return to classrooms in Ontario, a top doctor has quit the science group advising the Ford government on COVID-19, saying it’s too close to the government and downplaying grim projections.

Jagmeet Singh made the campaign's first stop in an Indigenous community with a visit to the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, which announced in June a preliminary finding of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school.

Quebec's minister for the fight against racism is denouncing protesters who he said wore yellow stars at a protest earlier this week against the government's vaccine passport system.