Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand said this week she is confident Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries will only get better going forward but just hours after she made the remark, Canada's vaccine purchases got slammed again.

The steady drone of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continued February 2, with some good news being that vaccinations have continued despite hiccups in deliveries from drug makers.

Ottawa was putting expanded quarantine areas plans in place last fall, long before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Jan. 29 travelers paying $2,000 for hotels and being put into a ‘designated facility.’ It was Sept.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says "rare exceptions" to new travel restrictions will be made on compassionate grounds, but that more contagious COVID-19 variants now taking hold in Canada mean tough rules must be implemented in the next few

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a tentative deal Tuesday with U.S. vaccine-maker Novavax to produce its product in Canada if the COVID-19 vaccine gets approved for use here.

OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians support tighter restrictions on international travel imposed by the federal government, a new poll suggests.

B.C. recorded 1,158 new COVID-19 infections during the past three days, including 18 cases that were of the more easily transmitted variants. The variant officially known as B.1.1.7, which was first detected in the U.K.

B.C.’s top doctor is expressing optimism vaccinations against COVID-19 will soon resume at scale amid ongoing shortages from manufacturers.

qathet Regional District has directed staff to allocate the COVID-19 safe restart grant funding from the reserve fund to support operations and capital projects as listed in a staff report on the fund’s revenue and identified expenditures.

MONTREAL — As Canada's airlines suspend flights to Mexico and the Caribbean, U.S.