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As some provinces push for clarity on when they will receive their share of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccines, one expert said Monday the government should be more transparent about the terms of its contracts with the companies producing the shots.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole accused the Liberal government on Sunday, November 29, 2020, of putting too much emphasis on partnering with a Chinese company for a COVID-19 vaccine in what turned out to be a failed deal.

The first COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use in Canada within two weeks, Health Canada's chief medical adviser said on Thursday, November 26, 2020.

The head of a Canadian biotech industry association says Canada can and does make vaccines — just not the ones expected first to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drugmaker AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective, buoying the prospects of a relatively cheap, easy-to-store product that may become the vaccine of choice for the developing world.

News of another promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate stirred hope on Monday, November 16, 2020, as Canada's case count surpassed the 300,000 mark, with the two hardest-hit provinces continuing to report more than 1,000 daily new infections and a sudden spike in Nunavut triggering a two-week lockdown.

Canada will not cut corners to get a vaccine candidate for COVID-19 approved, the country's chief public health officer said on Tuesday, August 11, 2020.

Canada is negotiating deals with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna to secure millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines, in case either is approved for wide-scale use.

A Canadian company is telling the government today, August 5, 2020, that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know whether it has found a possible cure for the pandemic.