The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Tuesday, March 2.
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."
Members of the House of Commons' public safety committee have voted to undertake a study into the safety and security of new mandatory hotel quarantine sites and at-home compliance checks by federal screening officers following international travel.
A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley's Human Rights Center identified more than 1,100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year.
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief says it's 'premature' and 'unrealistic' to think that the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year.
Alberta continued to ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday as cases of the variant and the positivity rate tick up.
The federal government announced it will extend the Canada Recovery Benefit eligibility period by an additional 12 weeks, as some recipients face a cut-off by end of March.
Canadians will soon be filing their 2020 taxes, an unprecedented tax year that experts say will have several moving parts to consider, such as loss of income and government financial aid.
Experts say filing taxes now will help clear up whether you owe the government money if you accidentally received both employment insurance and CERB.
Data from Employment and Social Development Canada show that 6.5 million people received the $500-a-week CERB during the first four weeks it was available in a largely rural-urban split, with higher proportions of populations relying on the CERB in cities compared to rural parts of the country.
The federal government says some ineligible self-employed Canadians who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit won't be forced to repay the money due to the Canadian Revenue Agency's unclear messaging in the application.
The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Tuesday, March 2.
A new COVID-19 vaccine eligibility tool has been launched on Ottawa Public Health's website, to determine if you are able to book an appointment this week.
Ottawa Public Health says 65 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.
CTVNewsOttawa.ca has everything you need to know about receiving the vaccines in Ottawa, including locations, how to register, and who is next in line.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board says that some programs, such as special education and certain types of French immersion, won’t be available to virtual students.
When vaccine supply arrives and public health officials give the go-ahead, the Queensway Carleton Hospital says its vaccination clinic is ready to go.
As Kingston prepares to roll out more COVID-19 vaccines, the region is being treated as a testing ground for the new provincial booking system.
Environment Canada is calling for a 'relatively narrow but intense snow squall' to move across the Ottawa area on Monday.
The public health unit for the Outaouais region of Quebec says residents 80 and older can begin booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments starting Tuesday, March 2.
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is not recommending the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 65 years and older, due to "the insufficiency of evidence of efficacy in this age group at this time."
A new report by the Geneva-based Insecurity Insight and the University of California, Berkeley's Human Rights Center identified more than 1,100 threats or acts of violence against health care workers and facilities last year.
Alberta continued to ease COVID-19 restrictions on Monday as cases of the variant and the positivity rate tick up.
An Ontario woman who went overseas to attend her father's funeral says she feels gouged by the government's 'ill-conceived' hotel quarantine plan that cost her $3,458 for a one-night stay.
Several provinces began expanding their COVID-19 vaccination programs to members of the general population on Monday amid the prospect of more regular deliveries and the imminent arrival of a third approved vaccine.
A Toronto man says he found hundreds of his grandparents' touching love letters from the Second World War.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Watch as an almost 2-year-old condor is released back into the wild in Utah after being treated for lead poisoning.
More than 50 dogs were rescued from Texas and await a new home in Toronto, after a historic snowstorm pummeled the state.
An iceberg 1,270 sq. km. in size has broken off from Antarctica.
