Good evening, these are the top coronavirus headlines tonight:
Top headlines:
- Protests against remaining COVID-19 restrictions planned in Ottawa all summer
- As Canada’s housing market cools down, rents in many parts of Canada are nearing or surging past prepandemic records
- Overnight camps are preparing for kids’ first full summer of fun since 2019
An increasing number of health agencies have changed how they’re reporting data on the coronavirus. A look at the current numbers in Canada for reported cases, deaths from COVID-19 and for hospitalizations can be found here.
COVID-19 updates from Canada and the world
- Several groups are organizing demonstrations in Ottawa this summer protesting the remaining COVID-19 restrictions.
- The House of Commons is suspending COVID-19 vaccine mandates for MPs, staff and visitors next week.
- After two years of not being able to mark the end of the school year due to COVID-19 restrictions, students in Alberta and beyond say they are feeling grateful they can celebrate their milestone this year.
- A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced on Thursday to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol.
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Pandemic recovery
- Rents in many parts of Canada are nearing or surging past prepandemic records, just as property values and home resale transactions declined for the second consecutive month in May, according to national data released on Wednesday.
- WestJet Airlines says it will emerge from the pandemic with a renewed focus on Western Canada, boosting its flight schedule in its traditional home turf while “de-emphasizing” markets in the eastern parts of the country.
- With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months, many overnight or sleepover camps have already opened for registration earlier than usual this year after rollercoaster 2020 and 2021 seasons.
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More reading
- Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner warns backlogged legal system can’t return to pre-pandemic ways
- North Korea reported a new “epidemic” of an intestinal disease on Thursday, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak and severe economic turmoil.
Information centre
- Everything you need to know about Canada’s travel rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people
- When will COVID-19 be endemic? The four factors that will shape the virus’s future
- Wastewater is filling the COVID-19 data gap
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