Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the federal government is open to strengthening pandemic restrictions on international travel as concerns mount about Canadians travelling abroad — but suggested the government’s pre-existing measures are still effective. “Our measures have been very strong, but we’re always open to strengthening them as necessary,”Read More

New modelling released by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests the number of daily COVID-19 cases could more than triple to 30,000 if people increase their contacts during a time of widespread community transmission. The report also projects that if Canadians simply maintain their current levels of contactRead More

Ontario is reporting 3,945 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a single-day record for the province. The province also recorded 61 more deaths. Twenty-one of the 61 people who died in the last 24 hours were residents of the long-term care system. Locally, Toronto had 1,160 new cases, Peel RegionRead More

anada’s economy lost 63,000 jobs last month, the first time the job market has contracted since the dark days of March and April, when COVID-19 was just starting. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate came in at 8.6 per cent, a slight uptick from the previous month. It wasRead More

New Delhi, January 8 The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said it had noted reports about the presence of Indo-Canadian politician Ramandeep Brar at farmers’ protests at Kundli Border on January 2. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Government was ascertaining the fact after several journalists asked ifRead More

Snowbirds who headed to Florida this winter — despite Canada’s advisory not to travel abroad during the pandemic — have discovered an unexpected perk: They can sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine potentially months before it’s available to seniors in Canada. Canadian snowbird Perry Cohen, 74, of Toronto saidRead More

Kamal Khera, who represents Brampton West, resigned as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development, according to a statement from the chief government whip. In a tweet Sunday evening, Khera posted a statement that said she had traveled to Seattle to on Dec. 23 to attend a private memorialRead More

As the hereditary chief of the Kwakiutl First Nation, the forests and ocean waters off the north east coast of Vancouver Island are David Mungo Knox’s sacred responsibility. He’s lived his life gathering fish for his community and restoring his great grandfather’s totem poles. But recently Knox has begun toRead More

Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,328 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 56 new deaths related to the illness. The figure marks the first time the province has reported more than 3,000 cases in a single day, and the third consecutive day Ontario has recorded a record-breaking case count.Read More

TORONTO — Today Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, provided an update on confirmed cases in Ontario of the COVID-19 variant first identified in the UK. This variant has now been detected in multiple countries beyond the UK, and with inbound international travel it is notRead More