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A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: — Adult Quebecers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be forced to pay a "significant" financial penalty, Premier François Legault said Tuesday, one day after the sudden resignation of the p

Jan 11, 2022 6:18 PM Read more >

Quebec's tax on the unvaccinated could worsen inequity, advocates say

OTTAWA — Advocates working with Black and Indigenous communities say a proposal to make unvaccinated adults pay a financial penalty risks further entrenching inequities in Canada's pandemic response, and adding another burden to those who are margina

Jan 11, 2022 5:43 PM Read more >

Amid the Omicron crush, Quebec to crack down on unvaccinated with new health tax

As infections fuelled by the Omicron variant threaten to overwhelm Canada's health system, the Quebec government on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of promising to tax adult residents who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Jan 11, 2022 5:27 PM Read more >

Canada has contracts for up to 100 million Pfizer, Moderna doses in 2022

OTTAWA — Federal COVID-19 vaccine contracts mean Canada should get enough doses to give two or three more mRNA shots to every Canadian, every year until at least 2024.

Jan 11, 2022 4:52 PM Read more >

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy raises sanctions on Russia in conversation with Trudeau

OTTAWA — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the West must be ready to impose further sanctions against Russia for its military buildup on his country's eastern border.

Jan 11, 2022 4:45 PM Read more >

Biden, 'tired of being quiet,' urges Senate to change rules, pass voting rights laws

WASHINGTON — "Tired of being quiet," President Joe Biden put Democrats on notice Tuesday that he supports changing how the U.S.

Jan 11, 2022 4:15 PM Read more >

Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty

MONTREAL — Adult Quebecers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be forced to pay a "significant" financial penalty, Premier François Legault said Tuesday, one day after the sudden resignation of the province's public health director.

Jan 11, 2022 4:03 PM Read more >

Mark Indigenous languages decade by making Inuktitut official in Canada: Inuit UN rep

OTTAWA — When Lorraine Whitman's father, Chief Joseph Peters, asked for a cup of tea in his native Mi'kmaq, the care-home staff could not understand him.

Jan 11, 2022 3:39 PM Read more >

Nunavut schools to reopen later this month as COVID-19 case counts decline

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's education minister says students are to return to school remotely next week and start going back to classes on Jan. 24. Pamela Gross said Tuesday that chief public health officer, Dr.

Jan 11, 2022 3:38 PM Read more >

RCMP commissioner breached duty with slow response to watchdog report, judge rules

OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters, a federal judge has ruled.

Jan 11, 2022 3:37 PM Read more >