Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday
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The latest:
Ontario is reporting 4,177 new cases on Sunday — its highest daily count since April — as stricter public health measures took effect, with capacity limits back in place in restaurants and a smaller cap on social gatherings.
The province also reported two new deaths. There were 283 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 159 people in the ICU according to the latest hospital figures, Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet.
Premier Doug Ford announced the new restrictions on Friday, saying the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is so contagious it threatens to overwhelm the health-care system.
Restaurants, gyms and many other indoor settings now have a 50 per cent capacity limit.
No more than 10 people can attend indoor social gatherings — down from 25 — and there's a maximum of 25 attendees at outdoor social gatherings, down from 100.
And cinemas, arenas and other large venues are no longer allowed to serve food or drinks.
The measures come as cases have been rising rapidly, with the seven-day average of new daily diagnoses sitting at 2,156 Saturday, compared to 1,194 a week earlier.
The province has also ramped up its COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign. Starting Monday, all adults are eligible for a booster, provided it's been at least three months since their second dose.
Ford says the public health measures are meant to slow the spread while people are getting their boosters and the shots are kicking in.
The Omicron variant is compelling many jurisdictions across the country to reintroduce public health restrictions just ahead of Christmas. New public health measures are set to begin Monday in Quebec and British Columbia, while Manitoba will bring in new restrictions on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Ottawa will tighten border rules as of Tuesday, requiring a pre-arrival negative molecular test result for COVID-19, even for short trips of less than 72 hours.
— From CBC News and The Canadian Press, last updated at 10:30 a.m. ET
Nova Scotia reported 476 new cases on Sunday, the fourth straight day of record high daily cases in the province. A Halifax hospital has said it is rescheduling non-urgent surgeries because a "rapidly growing" number of employees are isolating from exposures to COVID-19.
An 18-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in a deadly daytime shooting on a highway south of Edmonton.
More than a month after the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, stories of bravery during the tragedy are being shared.
Just over six months after the University of Prince Edward Island's medical program began, the dean of the faculty says things are “going wonderfully.”
One person has been found dead after a large fire gutted a home in Mississauga on Monday night, officials say.
The Northwest Territories government says it has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water at the Chief Jimmy Bruneau school in Behchokǫ̀.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree faced pointed questions Tuesday about why the federal government has deported one Iranian official, despite longstanding concerns about how the regime operates in Canada and abroad.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and search warrants were executed on a number of properties including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former councillor Sean Chu and sitting councillor Andre Chabot.
Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.
ATCO Ltd. says it's taking a 40 per cent ownership stake in the company building the Grays Bay Road and Port project.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has no plans to change how judges are appointed in Canada despite four premiers writing to Prime Minister Mark Carney to ask for more of a say in the process.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and at least one current and one former Calgary city councillor, as well as a business were subject to search warrants executed last week, CBC News has learned.
Ontario’s education minister is telling school boards to ensure their upcoming graduation ceremonies don’t express any “political views” or “engage in divisive or contentious issues of any kind,” according to an internal memo obtained by CBC News.
A new daily non-stop flight between Charlottetown and Montreal is set to begin this summer.