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OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says house parties and visits between households are to blame for a rise in COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit, but vaccination rates have also climbed ...

WASHINGTON - Canada agreed Thursday to join World Trade Organization talks on waiving the rules that protect vaccine trade secrets - a measure drug companies and a number of world leaders say would on...

EDMONTON - Wilf Lowenberg says his longtime family friend might still be alive had a hospital emergency department taken her side-effects from a COVID-19 shot more seriously. Lisa Stonehouse's family ...

HALIFAX - With Atlantic Canada's worst COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of letting up, Nova Scotia's premier warned Thursday he might impose tougher restrictions to reduce the rapid spread of the de...

Canada's most populous provinces showed promising signs of containing their COVID-19 cases Thursday, as pandemic urgency shifted to surges in Alberta and Nova Scotia and efforts to vaccinate teens bef...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 5:30 p.m. Alberta chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the province is no longer testing every sample for variants in or...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021. There are 1,257,328 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,257,328 confirmed cases (81,671 active, 1...

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. The military commander handling l...

Herd immunity may not be reached in Canada but a return to life similar to that before COVID-19 is possible through immunization, experts say. Such immunity is achieved when enough people are immune t...