Police in Summerside, P.E.I. have charged five people for failing to follow public health orders, after their vehicle was spotted in a Walmart parking lot less than an hour after they arrived in the province from Ontario.
Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. One previously reported case is now considered recovered, as the active number of cases increases to 63.
Prince Edward Island is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as officials announced several new measures to tighten the province's borders.
After requests from Ottawa, Atlantic Canadian provinces are looking at how they might help Ontario as a deadly, record-breaking third wave threatens to overrun the province's health-care system.
The federal government is unveiling $101.4 billion in new spending, aimed at both supporting the country through the third COVID-19 wave, and stimulating the economic recovery post-pandemic, in a historic budget presented by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, has been upheld by the province's Superior Court, except for certain sections, including provisions affecting English school boards.
A top scientific adviser to the Ontario government says he considered stepping down after the newest round of public health measures were announced by the province.
Experts at the agency that regulates drugs for the European Union said Tuesday that a warning about very unusual blood clots should be added to labels for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency said these rare blood disorders should be considered as 'very rare side effects of the vaccine.'
