Amid concerns about the emergence of variant strains, new COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada's two most populous provinces on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease.

The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn't that sick and might otherwise have been sent home.

A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired, her employer said on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.

A defamation lawsuit by the world’s largest fast-food operator against Canada's public broadcaster over a report on the chain's chicken sandwiches can proceed, Ontario's top court has ruled.

A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.

Touting the need for drastic action, Quebec became the first province to impose a curfew on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as soaring COVID-19 infections across Canada intensified the strain on hospitals and prompted some Ontario morgues to run out of space.

With some morgues running out of space and hospitals facing an explosion in critically ill patients, Canada's COVID-19 caseload rose sharply on Wednesday, while Quebec mulled tighter restrictions that could include the country's first curfew. 

The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, to weigh in on a ruling related to the defence of extreme intoxication that had alarmed some women's groups.

The family of an internationally prominent Pakistani dissident urged a thorough investigation into her death, saying Wednesday they were having difficulty accepting a police conclusion she killed herself.