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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 5, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 5, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 85,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,253,514 doses given. Nationwide, 561,238 people or 1.
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 5, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 5, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. There are 881,761 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829,423 resolved, 22,192 deaths).
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Judge reserves decision in church challenge of B.C. public health rules

Judge reserves decision in church challenge of B.C. public health rules

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on a request from three churches to throw out provincial health orders that prevent them from holding in-person services.
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Friday, March 5, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:20 p.m. B.C. is reporting 634 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 83,107 cases since the pandemic began in the province.
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Saskatchewan court weighs what to do with different Humboldt Broncos lawsuits

Saskatchewan court weighs what to do with different Humboldt Broncos lawsuits

REGINA — A Regina judge has reserved his decision on whether to delay one of the many lawsuits filed after the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
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'A legend in his own right': Hockey world pays tribute to the late Walter Gretzky

'A legend in his own right': Hockey world pays tribute to the late Walter Gretzky

If Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers were ever in a rut, there was only one solution. Get the Great One's dad on the phone and make sure Walter Gretzky was there to meet them at their next destination.
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Provinces revise vaccination timelines as Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine approved

Provinces revise vaccination timelines as Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine approved

Some provinces are setting out on ambitious accelerations of their vaccine rollouts as Canada expands its stockpile of shots to protect against COVID-19.
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Canada's chief public health doctor is hopeful as Health Canada approves 4th vaccine

OTTAWA — The approval of a fourth COVID-19 vaccine and news of accelerated deliveries for another had government officials taking an optimistic tone Friday about the path of the pandemic in Canada.
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Proposed federal carbon offset credit regulations raise farmer advocate's concern

Proposed federal carbon offset credit regulations raise farmer advocate's concern

CALGARY — Projects that qualify to sell federal greenhouse gas emission credits to offset industrial carbon taxes will have to have been started in the past four years and go "beyond business-as-usual practices" under proposed regulations unveiled by
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All Nunavut communities to get enough COVID vaccine for first doses by end of March

All Nunavut communities to get enough COVID vaccine for first doses by end of March

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's health minister says all 25 communities in the territory are to receive by the end of the month enough COVID-19 vaccine so every adult who wants a first dose will get one.
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