Nova Scotia announced Monday that all public schools in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and surrounding areas will close Tuesday, and that tighter restrictions will be added as a result of the rising COVID-19 numbers. Nova Scotia reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 Monday — the highest case count recorded since the pandemic began. The […]

Quebec is lowering the minimum age requirement to register for the AstraZeneca brand of the COVID-19 vaccine. Quebec Premier François Legault announced the measure Tuesday, on the heels of other provinces doing the same. Under the plan, any Quebecer who is 45 and older can book their first AstraZeneca dose as of Wednesday morning. […]

There is ongoing confusion in Quebec surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine and the chronically ill. As Global’s Elizabeth Zogalis reports, there appears to be some miscommunication between patients, doctors, pharmacists and the Health Ministry.

This might make Canadians jealous of their American cousins for the first time in a while: the lineup Friday outside a downtown Washington D.C. Apple Store was longer than at one of the city’s largest COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites. Getting the shot at the nearby Walter E. Washington Convention Center — all D.C. residents over […]

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities and autism living at home on the island of Montreal have begun getting their COVID-19 shots. Health authorities told Global News Thursday afternoon that rollout for that group began April 12.  In an email statement, Hélène Bergeron-Gamache, spokesperson for the West Island regional health board wrote, “Already nearly […]

A Toronto city councillor and a group of health-care professionals are calling on the province to open COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration to all Ontarians in a bid to improve the rollout of shots. Coun. Josh Matlow and health-care professionals from the University Health Network and the University of Toronto, posted an open letter to Premier […]

In a move to battle bankruptcy, Laurentian University has eliminated dozens of professors and programs. Eric Sorensen explains how the budget cuts deal a major blow to academia in Ontario.

Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch answers the latest coronavirus questions Ontarians are asking.

Ontario residents are pushing back against big box and discount stores cutting off access to in-store items the province has deemed ‘non-essential’ as part of the the new COVID-19 stay-at-home measures. They argue that many of those items are essential, especially for low-income households who can’t afford to buy supplies online or at pricier […]

The president of the Ontario Hospital Association says hospitals have been directed to “ramp down” all elective surgeries and non-emergency activities starting Monday amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. “A major redeployment of staff and resources is required to provide care for a large wave of COVID patients requiring hospitalization,” Anthony Dale […]