The latest on COVID-19 for Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
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.
Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta are able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
British Columbia suffered another eight deaths related to COVID-19 over the weekend, and one of the victims was under the age of two.
Six people in Vaughan, Ont. were injected with saline when they were supposed to be getting the COVID-19 vaccine, health officials say.
The federal government says it expects about 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive this week, as the two pharmaceutical firms continue delivering doses on a regular schedule.
With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
As millions of Canadians prepare to file their taxes this spring following an unusual year, it’s proving to be a trickier tax season than normal.
The latest on COVID-19 for Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
Showers Tuesday morning will end but strong wind gusts will stick around throughout the day ahead of snow on Wednesday.
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.
Ottawa's mayor says he doesn't think border checkpoints between Ottawa and Gatineau will last a week, while the city's police chief suggests enforcing them is not sustainable.
An Instagram post showing an Ottawa woman's wait for the emergency room is highlighting the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on other people who need critical care.
Ottawa Public Health reported 203 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, but the number of people in hospital with the disease has jumped significantly.
Ontario is expanding the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine eligibility in pharmacies and primary care settings across Ontario to any individual born in or before 1981 starting Tuesday.
Ottawa police, bylaw and public health officials say newly announced policing measures in Ontario, aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, could actually make things worse.
Emergency crews responded to the crash on Franktown Road, between Conley Road and Dwyer Hill Road, at approximately 4 p.m.
Opposition parties will get a chance Tuesday to propose a rewrite to the federal government's massive pandemic budget as debate begins in the House of Commons.
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.
The federal government unveiled its long-awaited spring budget on Monday, with a focus on navigating taxpayers out of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and embarking on the long road to economic recovery, with specific attention paid to the most vulnerable.
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.
A judge's ruling that could determine the future of Quebec's controversial secularism law is expected to be delivered early this week.
India's Ministry of Railways shared a video of a railway employee saving a child who had fallen onto the tracks from an oncoming train.
A dozen elite European football clubs' proposed breakaway league has sparked controversy and condemnation.
A UBC student is speaking out after she returned from a day of skiing to find her vehicle had been keyed.
NASA's experimental Mars helicopter achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
There are only a handful of cases known worldwide of fraternal twins being conceived at different times.
