As Canada enters the third year of COVID-19, the underlying conditions of the housing market remain largely the same as they have been since the beginning of the pandemic.Justin Tang / The Canadian Press Canada’s housing market ended the second year of the pandemic with … Read More

A traveler stops to be tested for COVID-19 at Vancouver International Airport on December 2, 2021.DARRYL DYCK / The Canadian Press Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer casts doubt on the continued value of the government’s mandatory COVID-19 test policy on arrival for international air travelers. … Read More

BC Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside has said the vaccination rate among teachers is already high.DARRYL DYCK / The Canadian Press The school district of Delta, BC, has become the first in the province to introduce COVID-19 vaccination requirements for its employees, and the president of … Read More

A sold sign stands outside a home in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, where investors accounted for 25.5 percent of home purchases in the second quarter of last year.Justin Tang / The Canadian Press Purchases of real estate investors have spread to the smaller cities during the … Read More

When Prime Minister Francois Legault announced the end of Quebec’s curfew on Monday, he said he hoped to lift more restrictions in the coming weeks, but called on Quebecers to support a slow reopening.Ryan Remiorz / The Canadian Press Canada’s two largest provinces believe they … Read More

When Prime Minister Francois Legault announced the end of Quebec’s curfew on Monday, he said he hoped to lift more restrictions in the coming weeks, but called on Quebecers to support a slow reopening.Ryan Remiorz / The Canadian Press Canada’s two largest provinces believe they … Read More

A truck crosses the Bluewater Bridge border crossing between Sarnia, Ont., And Port Huron, Michigan on August 16, 2020.Geoff Robins / The Canadian Press A day after the Canadian Border Services Agency said an inbound vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing from the U.S. would … Read More

People are taking part in a demonstration convened by French teachers’ associations to demand clarity from the government on coronavirus measures after three changes to the COVID-19 rules for classrooms over the course of a week, in Paris on 13 January.THOMAS SAMSON / AFP / … Read More

People walk in downtown Montreal, Quebec, October 20, 2021. (Christinne Muschi / The Globe and Mail)Christinne Muschi / The Globe and Mail The population of Toronto and Montreal fell over part of the pandemic as immigration slowed and more residents fled these cities for cheaper … Read More

People walk past a sign at a restaurant advising customers on Quebec’s COVID-19 vaccine passport in Montreal on September 6, 2021.Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press As Quebec officials are considering tightening the rules for the unvaccinated, health experts in the province say an extension … Read More