Day: January 6, 2021

It appears Quebec, which recorded the highest number of deaths of any province in the spring, is about to become the first to enter a second large-scale lockdown. Measures expected to be announced by Premier François Legault on Wednesday could possibly include a curfew.

Attempts to keep the economy open while fighting the coronavirus face new challenges from mutating COVID-19 variants, as the World Bank expresses concerns about financial stress for countries that failed to get on top of the pandemic early.

Canada is falling behind in its initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a critical time in the pandemic, and experts say our most vulnerable populations are being left at risk.

Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats’ reach.

Nunavut’s sole MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she is back on the job after about two months away from work due to what she described as “extreme burnout, depression and anxiety.”