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While 90 per cent of health-care workers in the province are already vaccinated, Premier François Legault said the remaining 10 per cent pose a risk to patients.

“A fully vaccinated individual is much, much, much less likely to be represented in health care, is much less likely to be represented as a fatality, or an ICU,” said Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease specialist at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed into Canada as of Aug. 9, joined by the rest of the world Sept. 7, federal officials announced Monday as the country prepares to lower border barriers that were erected to limit the spread of COVID-19. 

Canada is getting ready to welcome the world again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly indicated late on Thursday, July 15, 2021, as his office disclosed a target of mid-August for when the border might reopen for fully vaccinated Americans.

A well-known American advocate of stronger Canada-U.S. ties helped state lawmakers from across the Midwest formally vent their bilateral frustrations on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, with an official request that the two countries "immediately" open their shared border to fully vaccinated travellers.

France, which has opened its borders to Canadian tourists, is eager to see Canada reopen to the French.

After nearly 16 months of rigid travel restrictions, Canada is finally starting to loosen the rules — but only for a specific few.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his re-elected Liberal government's top priority is to implement a rule requiring most commercial travellers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Saskatchewan recorded its highest daily case count of COVID-19 and its highest number of people needing intensive care, as a member of the government caucus resigned for ''misrepresenting her vaccination status."

Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19.