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.
Hundreds of P.E.I. parents can't find child-care spaces, especially for infants. The provincial government says expanding those spots remains a top priority — and it recognizes the concern.
An Alberta judge says a referendum proposal on Alberta separating from Canada goes against Charter and and Treaty rights, in a decision given less than 24 hours after the provincial government introduced legislation that would have ended the court proceeding.
The architect of Alberta's politician recall legislation says it was never meant to be used as a political weapon, but as an "ultimate tool of accountability" if a politician engages in illegal or unethical behaviour.
The Government of Saskatchewan has introduced its long-promised involuntary treatment legislation on the final day of the fall sitting.
The Law Society of Ontario has suspended the licence of Deepak Paradkar, one of seven Canadians arrested in connection with alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding’s cocaine smuggling ring.
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is getting rid of unlimited mental health benefits for staff, blaming ballooning costs and former administrators for implementing it without proper due diligence or oversight.
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's TV and film studios and streaming division for $72 billion US, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the media industry.
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