Former Progressive Conservative MPP Roman Baber has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government’s COVID-19 lockdown measures. Baber said the lawsuit aims to strike down Premier Doug Ford’s Reopening Ontario Act as unconstitutional. “I sued the Attorney General of Ontario for our right to protest, pray and gather outdoors,” Baber wrote on Twitter. “The risk…

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia are planning to move forward with opening up inter-provincial travel by forming a travel bubble by mid-April, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Wednesday. Newfoundland and Labrador will join the bubble later, and travel barriers to the rest of the country could be lifted by early July, Higgs…

A pastor of an Edmonton church remains in custody after been charged with breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and continues to refuse compliance with his bail conditions. Pastor James Coates of Edmonton’s GraceLife church has been defying public health orders for weeks and holding services that provincial officials say violate COVID-19 restrictions on maximum gathering capacity,…

COVID-19 variants cases have already been found in all provinces, causing outbreaks in long-term care homes and derailing election plans in Newfoundland and Labrador. Genetic mutations often occur in viruses, and SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is no exception. When the changes are significant, the new mutated form is called a variant. A variant…

The federal government has announced a new subsidy program for Canadian businesses as the country moves to tighten travel restrictions to cope with second wave of COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the launching of the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program (HASCAP) during a press conference on Jan. 26. “Through HASCAP, Canadian-based businesses that…