The Ontario government will allow businesses such as restaurants, bars and fitness centres to start lifting COVID-19 capacity limits starting on Monday, a senior government source has told CBC News.

The Ontario government will allow businesses such as restaurants, bars and fitness centres to start lifting COVID-19 capacity limits starting Monday, and plans to lift all remaining public health measures including proof of vaccination and mask requirements indoors by March 2022, according to provincial officials.

The majority of people who were victims of unprovoked assaults by strangers in the past year were simply going about their day, the Vancouver police said this week when announcing the findings of a case review that found approximately 1,555 such assaults occurred in the city between September of last year and the end of August.

The National for Oct. 21 — Who’s being left behind as Ottawa shifts away from wide-ranging pandemic support programs. Plus, Sask.’s ICU crisis prompts calls for restrictions.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall warning for whole red, yellow and white raw onions after U.S. health officials linked the vegetables to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than than 650 people in 37 U.S. states.

Canada has lifted a blanket advisory against all non-essential travel outside the country which had been in place since the pandemic was declared in March 2020.

CBC answers how the pediatric vaccine is different, where kids will be able to get it, how long approval might take and other questions around COVID-19 vaccinations for younger children.

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says it's likely that people who lose their jobs for not complying with employer COVID-19 vaccine policies will not be eligible for employment insurance (EI).

Dental records confirm that human remains found at a Florida wilderness park belong to Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was found dead after he returned home alone from their cross-country road trip earlier this year, the FBI says.

Queen Elizabeth spent the night in hospital "for some preliminary investigations," and returned to Windsor Castle Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace.