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A national survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when the country's rollout began, but intentions were lower among certain demographics, including residents of Alberta and racialized communities.

Canadians are growing frustrated with current U.S. travel rules that allow them to fly — but not drive — to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What students face heading back to class during this fourth wave of COVID-19 will look strikingly different depending on where they live in the country.

Premier Doug Ford is meeting with his ministers Tuesday afternoon to deliberate on the details of a COVID-19 vaccine passport system for Ontario, a source told CBC-Radio Canada, after an initial plan was rejected by cabinet last night.

Alberta has been facing thousands of new coronavirus cases since last week — and according to frontline workers, it's mostly in unvaccinated people. Dr. Aisha Mirza has been talking about it with her COVID-19 patients in the emergency department at Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton.

South Korean officials are expressing cautious hope that COVID-19 transmissions are beginning to slow, after battling the country's worst wave of infections for weeks.

The province plans to being offering third vaccine doses to residents living in congregate care facilities as well as immunocompromised Albertans who may be at a higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.

More than 350 emergency physicians across Ontario have signed an open letter demanding the province give more substantial pay increases to critical-care nurses, who've worked on the front-lines of the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year and a half.

Alberta Health Services is transferring six patients out of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alta., to neighbouring health-care centres, to make room for an increase of COVID-19 patients requiring acute care and intensive care unit spaces at the facility.

Intensive care cases in Australia's New South Wales will hit a peak in October as COVID-19 infections accumulate, said the premier of the country's most-populous state, which reported record daily new infections on Monday.

At least one Alberta feed store has taken the livestock dewormer off its shelves because misinformation suggests it can be used to treat COVID-19 in humans is leading to a surge in demand.

The delta variant has changed the rules of the game — raising the immunity threshold we need to hit, increasing risk in our day-to-day lives and requiring even fully vaccinated Canadians to keep their guard up. 

Ontario will announce a form of proof-of-vaccine certification — commonly known as a "vaccine passport" — for the province, sources tell CBC News. The plan is expected to be revealed early next week.

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada said Friday that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is now approved for use in adolescents.

A small-but-growing body of research suggests the highly-contagious delta variant raises your risk of serious illness, but it’s tough to know for sure if it's the root cause of more severe COVID-19, both researchers and outside experts say.

The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model. But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces.

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Chartwell Retirement Residences, Extendicare, Responsive Group Inc., Revera Inc. and Sienna Senior Living issued a joint statement on Thursday indicating they will require all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 12.

Cases among fully vaccinated individuals — dubbed breakthrough infections if they occur at least two weeks following a second dose — are rare and typically milder, experts say, even against the more transmissible delta variant.

As case counts rise across the country, health experts warn that the COVID-19 fourth wave is very much here. But who will bear the brunt of it?

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals right now is concerning, but he does not think restrictions are needed at this time. 

Some Nova Scotians who received one or more dose of COVID-19 vaccine outside the province are concerned that their official health record doesn't reflect their true immunization status as the Health Department says it can't provide COVID-19 immunization records to those vaccinated elsewhere.

The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is raising the vaccination target he believes is needed to provide widespread protection against COVID-19 on the continent, citing the more infectious delta variant now present in 32 countries.

The B.C. government says it's seeing a massive increase in interest in the COVID-19 vaccine since announcing a new program to require proof of vaccination for a wide range of social and recreational activities.

The Saskatchewan government had not dedicated a news conference to COVID-19 since July 7.

The Yukon government is ending its COVID-19 state of emergency that went into effect in March 2020. "We have learned so much about how to manage COVID since then," Premier Sandy Silver said in a media briefing Wednesday.

Half of new cases in Montreal are linked to the delta variant, which is pushing the city into a fourth wave even before school has started.

University students may be eagerly preparing their return to the classroom after a sometimes painful and frustrating year-and-a-half of online learning, but the transition may not be without its complications.

Albertans planning to visit B.C. in the coming months will likely have to provide proof of vaccination to attend certain venues and events in the province. Here is what Albertans need to know.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole today released his plan to help Canadians grappling with depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions — a multi-billion dollar platform pledge to address a problem that has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario recorded 660 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, while the head of the Ontario Hospital Association is reporting that the vast majority of people in hospital right now are not fully vaccinated with two doses.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.

The Saskatchewan government says it will not be following in the path of other provinces that have introduced vaccine mandates and reimplemented indoor masking.

Japan expanded its coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday for a second week in a row, adding eight more prefectures as a surge in infections fuelled by the delta variant strains the country's health-care system.

The Quebec government will push ahead with its plan to introduce a vaccine passport Sept. 1 that will effectively bar people who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from visiting restaurants, taverns and other non-essential public activities.

Responding to Liberal claims that a government led by him would privatize parts of the public health care system, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today that he supports the current system — but wants to see more private sector "innovation" to improve outcomes.

B.C. has reintroduced a province-wide mask mandate for indoor spaces across the province.

Most provincial health-care employees, teachers and child-care workers will have to be fully vaccinated, and masks will be required in all indoor public settings, including schools, in Manitoba, Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin announced Tuesday.

New vaccine data provided by the B.C. government shows the province's 4th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is primarily — though not exclusively — a pandemic among the unvaccinated. 

It’s tough — even impossible — to predict exactly how Canada will fare in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. And comparing us with other countries only gets you so far. But experts do say a few key factors will play into how we fare in the weeks ahead.

The B.C. government has announced a plan to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for anyone who wants to attend a concert, sports game, movie, restaurant, nightclub, casino or fitness class.

In recent weeks, governments and private businesses have announced plans to implement mandatory vaccination policies. But do employers have the right to impose such mandates? What if employees refuse? CBC News looks at the legal issues these mandates raise.

Montreal is not renewing its local state of emergency that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the city will be in "alert mode" come Friday.

While the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario government have released guidance on improving ventilation in workplaces, employers that want to improve air quality have largely had to seek out their own advice.

Public health officials have declared a new COVID-19 outbreak at Parkside Extendicare in Regina, where a previous eruption of the disease killed 39 residents last winter.

The Toronto Blue Jays say those wishing to enter Rogers Centre will be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test starting Sept. 13.

One of Ontario's most vocal epidemiologists has resigned from the province's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, alleging the group has delayed publication of its pandemic projections for the fall due to political interference — a charge the table has denied.

The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus variant yet.

Albertans in their 20s are the age range least likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — raising unique challenges for those trying to combat vaccine hesitancy.

The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants.