Nova Scotia's premier and chief medical officer of health are expected to provide an update on the pandemic and the Omicron variant later Friday, a day after their province and neighbouring New Brunswick both reported record high single-day COVID-19 case numbers.
As Omicron spreads across Canada and the world, Canadian vaccine equity advocates say the federal government needs to be more transparent with what it does with excess COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The City of Kingston and the local public health unit are further tightening COVID-19 restrictions as the region struggles to turn around skyrocketing infection rates turbocharged by the Omicron variant.
While dozens of people arrested for intoxication have died in jail cells over the past decade, some Canadian cities have found innovative way to keep intoxicated people out of jail cells.
The Yukon's top doctor said rapid tests might be broadened over the coming weeks and months. 'We're continually looking at how can we get results back to people faster so the interruption to their life from getting tested is limited,' Dr. Catherine Elliott said.
While COVID-19 case numbers in Saskatchewan have declined in the past few weeks, they're trending upwards in other provinces, as the Omicron coronavirus variant — first identified as a variant of concern less than three weeks ago — spreads across Canada.
Alberta’s decision to permit unvaccinated adults to attend holiday gatherings will allow the Omicron variant to spread rapidly, say doctors on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.