Provincial lockdown measures have been extended in Alberta and Manitoba, while Saskatchewan has said it plans to review the status of its Christmas limits on gatherings and retail capacity.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada doesn’t need to approve additional vaccine candidates to meet its goal of inoculating everyone who wants a COVID-19 shot by fall and that its target could be reached ahead of schedule.
Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and his Canadian bobsleigh crew of Ben Coakwell, Ryan Sommer and Cam Stones will return from Germany with their first podium finish of the season after placing second in Sunday’s World Cup event in Winterberg.
The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Great Britain and Canada have issued a joint statement expressing “serious concern” about the arrest of 55 democracy activists and supporters in Hong Kong last week.
It took the veteran skills of Lara Gut-Behrami, the 2016 World Cup overall champion, to win a tricky World Cup super-G on Sunday in St. Anton, Austria. Canada’s Marie-Michèle Gagnon didn’t finish the race for a second consecutive day.