Robert Strang

Canada's transport minister says the federal government strongly encourages people to wear masks on planes and trains as regions across the country report increasing pressure on the health-care system, but he stopped short of making it a requirement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, he needs more information before he can say whether he supports Quebec’s anti-vaccination tax, as Ottawa struggled to make good on its promise to deliver COVID-19 rapid tests.

Provinces are putting new measures in place to deal with an Omicron-fuelled rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, including delaying in-person schooling in Ontario by two weeks and bringing in the military to help Quebec speed up its third-dose vaccination program.

Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has called a provincial election for Aug. 17, 2021, hoping to secure a third consecutive term for the Liberal party.

It was a day of disparity in Canada's protracted battle against the novel coronavirus, with some provinces recording alarmingly high numbers of infections on on Sunday, January 10, 2021, while at least one province managed to whittle new cases to zero.

Regions across Canada braced for a host of new public health restrictions on Sunday, November 22, 2020, as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sent case counts soaring from coast to coast.

Rapid COVID-19 testing devices are on the way to remote and Indigenous communities where access and timely results have been hindered by distance and limited resources, officials said on Monday, April 13, 2020, after a new test kit was approved over the weekend.