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Border closed to non-essential travel for another month

Anywhere from 60 to 80 per cent of Japanese residents in polls say it is their wish that the Games be cancelled

Reports show an increase in domestic violence and possibly in child maltreatment during the pandemic

The inability to mask for medical reasons raises important questions about the application of well-established principles of human rights law to the retail sector

Ottawa is distributing hundreds of thousands of AstraZeneca doses to the provinces, some of which are sitting on soon-to-expire stockpiles

Environment Minister Jeff Yurek said the site will help improve public reporting of pollution as well as ministry response times

There are many complex pandemic-related risk factors for suicide, and suicide prevention is a crucial public health response to COVID-19

Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, tweeted that Indigenous communities must have on-the-ground support, especially during the pandemic

A joint statement today by federal, provincial and territorial privacy commissioners says "vaccine passports" must comply with applicable privacy laws and incorporate best practices

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said earlier this month that G7 countries have agreed that resuming international travel after the pandemic will require a co-ordinated approach to COVID-19 testing and recognizing whether passengers have been vaccinated