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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:15 p.m. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control's website says the province is reporting 519 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths. ...

OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says a worsening pandemic and limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines are good enough reasons to temporarily delay giving a second dose but would pref...

OTTAWA - Aisha Addo was having a talk just the other day with a close friend about how they were faring as the pandemic stretched into 2021.She said her friend spoke candidly about feeling like she wa...

VANCOUVER - Parbs Bains had a "sinking feeling" when she heard a single staff member tested positive for COVID-19 at her grandmother's care home. On Nov. 20, Little Mountain Place sent an email to fam...

VANCOUVER - Testing patients for COVID-19 before their scheduled surgery and transfer to wards from emergency departments could reduce hospital outbreaks in British Columbia as cases rise, the results...

OTTAWA - The federal government's appeal of a ruling that expanded First Nations children's rights to public services is "a slap in the face," says the Assembly of First Nations. The November ruling b...

MONTREAL - When the Quebec government announced it was imposing an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew to limit the spread of COVID-19, Ita Skoblinski posted a tongue-in-cheek message to her local community Faceb...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 28,333 new vaccinations administered for a total of 388,493 do...

PHOENIX - As the U.S. goes through the most lethal phase of the coronavirus outbreak yet, governors and local officials in hard-hit parts of the country are showing little willingness to impose any ne...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. There are 674,473 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 674,473 confirmed cases (80,793 active, 576...