A group of about 50 retailers called on the Ontario government on Tuesday to open all stores across the province — including those in lockdown regions, where they suggest imposing a 25 per cent capacity limit on "non-essential" stores.
Four people have been hospitalized and 28 others made ill from outbreaks of salmonella infections in six provinces caused by exposure to pet hedgehogs, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.
A strawberry-flavoured tablet for children living with HIV will be rolled out in African countries in 2021, aid agencies say.
The federal Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary committee probe of the Liberal government's plan to refit a National Research Council facility in Montreal to start producing a COVID-19 vaccine.
Alberta Health Services says a memo urging Calgary hospital staff to reduce use of oxygen is a proactive response to an anticipated increase in demand as COVID-19 hospitalizations climb.
The new cases include 727 in Toronto, 373 in Peel Region and 169 in York Region. They push the seven-day average of new daily cases to a new high of 1,670.
A fourth company has submitted its COVID-19 vaccine candidate for Health Canada approval, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday.
