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Coronavirus Canada
Latest news and updates on the impact of a new strain of coronavirus on Canada. The virus causes the disease Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation has declared the spread of the infection a pandemic.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, who stepped down as finance minister and deputy prime minister. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
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Canada’s finance minister quits as Trudeau deals with declining popularity

Shock move raises questions about how much longer Justin Trudeau – the prime minister of nearly 10 years – can stay on.

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Canada’s home prices poised to decline in 2023 as mortgage rates climb

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Plans for another ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Canada scrapped

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Canada requires China travellers to test negative for Covid

Meanwhile, the EU will meet on January 4 to discuss a possible joint response from the bloc amid concerns over rising Covid cases in the Asian country.

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A passenger who arrived on a flight from Beijing listens to indications from a Civil Guard after landing at Spain’s Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport on Saturday. Photo: AFP
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Trudeau defends use of emergency powers against Canada trucker protests

‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters rammed vehicles into police cars and used children as shields, the prime minister testified at a public inquiry.

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How party membership, state-sector jobs became fashionable for young Chinese

Advice on dressing like a government official or Communist Party cadre attracts millions of clicks.

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Anxious but optimistic: Asian-Canadian millennials on future travel plans

Asian-Canadian millennials talk about how Covid-19 has affected their travels in the past two years, and their excitement about taking overseas trips again.

As Covid-19 restrictions ease around the world, Asian-Canadian millennials talk about their future travel plans. Above: a woman cycles along the seawall at Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Andrew Chin/Getty Images
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Opinion | ‘Do as I tell you’ governments risk trapping us in Covid Groundhog Day

Instead of blanket travel bans and mask, quarantine and vaccine mandates, a focused protection approach would have better served us all. It’s high time political leaders, in both democratic and authoritarian societies, listened to their people.

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How is skiing in Canada now pandemic is easing? 2 resorts put to the test

Veteran skier Alf Alderson visits two British Columbia mountain resorts known for their formidable slopes to see how they’re dealing with the aftermath of Covid-19 – and comes away more than satisfied.

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Trudeau revokes emergency powers after quelling Canada blockades

The emergencies act had allowed police to freeze truckers’ bank accounts and make tow truck companies haul away ‘Freedom Convoy’ vehicles.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference on Tuesday. Photo: Canadian Press via dpa
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Canadian police in riot gear clear protesters, but warn efforts ‘not over’

Protesters finally retreated as the country’s largest police operation ended the three-week demonstrations against Covid-19 restrictions with nearly 200 arrested, weapons seized, trucks towed away.

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A mounted police unit stands by as officers work to clear the protesters in Ottawa. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
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Canada police tow trucks and arrest protesters in bid to break Ottawa siege

Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear or carrying automatic weapons, led demonstrators away in handcuffs.

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Singapore: Where have all the French fries gone?

After McDonald’s rationed French fries in Japan; now chains such as Yum Brands’ KFC in Singapore said they’ll replace side orders of fries with potato waffles.

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Ottawa police chief ousted, as Canada’s protesting truckers vow to dig in

Peter Sloly had drawn flak from furious residents for his department’s inability to break the ‘Freedom Convoy’ siege.

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A truck driver listens to his vehicle’s engine during a protest over pandemic health rules outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa on Monday. Photo: AFP
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Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell trucker protests

The Emergencies Act was previously used by Trudeau’s father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, during the October Crisis of 1970.

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A protester waves a Canadian flag in front of parked vehicles in Ottawa on Friday. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
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Canada police clear key border bridge but protests still crippling Ottawa

Ambassador Bridge, North America’s busiest land border crossing, reopened on Sunday after protests closed it for almost a week.

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Canada truckers defy court order, continue to block bridge at US border

A judge issued an injunction ordering the protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to clear the area by 7pm, but even as the deadline passed, the rally has only grown.

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France, Belgium, Austria ban anti-vax blockades inspired by Canada truckers

Online groups have been calling for drivers to converge on various European capitals, mirroring ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations that have paralysed Ottawa.

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A protester holds a poster reading “Resistance” in Nice, France, on Wednesday before the start of a “Freedom Convoy” headed for Paris. Photo: Reuters
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Trudeau slams Canada trucker protests, as police threaten arrests

More supporters have joined a blockade at a major border crossing with the US to rally against Covid-19 rules.

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Canada’s anti-vax trucker protests

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Canadian anti-vax truckers inspire copycat ‘freedom’ protests

A protest movement by Canadian truckers angered over Covid-19 vaccine rules has fired up crowds from New York to New Zealand.

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A protester beats a drum as truckers continue to protest in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: EPA
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Canada’s anti-vax truckers block key border crossing with US

All traffic at the Ambassador Bridge was initially cut off, causing major disruptions, though the US-bound lanes have since reopened.

A woman waves a flag and cheers on truckers protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa. Photo: TNS
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Canada trucker protest: police seize fuel as court clamps down on honking

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ has disrupted life in the capital, Ottawa, for 11 days in a demonstration against a vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers.

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Canada vaccine protests ‘out of control’; Russia reaches 180,000 cases daily

A smoke bomb was deployed and four men were injured in a hit-and-run incident as Canadians demonstrated against vaccine mandates and Covid-19 restrictions.

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Florida governor to investigate GoFundMe Canada trucker donations

Ron DeSantis said on Saturday it was fraud for GoFundMe to ‘commandeer’ US$9 million in donations sent to support protesting truck drivers in Canada.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at Disney’s Yacht Club resort in Walt Disney World on February 4. Photo: Orlando Sentinel via AP
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Canada rules out use of troops against Ottawa Covid-19 protests

Canada’s capital has been beset by protesters led by truckers opposed to mandatory Covid vaccines for travelling between Canada and the United States.

Truck drivers hang a Canadian flag on the front grill of a truck parked in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, near Parliament Hill. Photo: AP
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Canada Conservative leader O’Toole ousted after failure to defeat Trudeau

His own party lawmakers voted 73-45 against the ex-lawyer and military veteran in a secret-ballot confidence vote.

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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tests positive for coronavirus

The 50-year-old leader, who is vaccinated and boosted, does not have severe symptoms and will continue working remotely.

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