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Fully vaccinated Canadians exempt from quarantine in July

By Rob Gillies Jun. 21, 2021 10:45 AM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens who test negative for COVID-19 will be exempt from two weeks of quarantine when returning to the country in...

An Islamic cleric leads relatives in prayer during the burial of a man in the special section of Jombang Public Cemetery reserved for those who died of COVID-19, in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Indonesia saw significant spikes in confirmed COVID-19 cases recently, an increase blamed on travel during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday as well as the arrival of new virus variants, such as the the Delta version first found in India. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The Latest: NKorea tells WHO it has detected no virus cases

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 02:14 AM EDT

Customs and Border Protection officers direct a driver on who missed the last turn before entry into Canada on how to turn around at the Peace Arch border crossing into the U.S., Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Blaine, Wash. The border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
US-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21

By Rob Gillies Jun. 18, 2021 10:46 AM EDT

A tram drives through downtown Lisbon, Friday, June 18, 2021. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Air travelers to Canada to isolate at hotels starting Feb 22

By Rob Gillies Feb. 12, 2021 12:45 PM EST

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

By Rob Gillies Jan. 29, 2021 10:30 AM EST

Canada extends U.S. border restrictions to Oct. 21

By Rob Gillies Sep. 18, 2020 11:35 AM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Canada is extending the agreement to keep the U.S. border closed to non-essential travel to Oct. 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Robert Liza holds a cross and flowers as he sits on his family's ice cream truck carrying the coffin of his father Martin Liza, who he said died Tuesday of complications related to COVID-19, upon entry to the Nueva Esperanza cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, after the police spoke to the cemetery security guards to let them in. Liza said he doesn't have the money to bury his 70-year-old father, and that he and his brother have slept for two nights alongside the coffin outside the cemetery in hopes the cemetery will let them bury their father for free. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Latest: U of Alabama infections since return top 1,000

By The Associated Press Aug. 28, 2020 03:17 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet migrants as they enter into Canada at an unofficial border crossing at the end of Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y. A Canadian court on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, invalidated the country's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. Under the agreement, immigrants who want to seek asylum in Canada at ground ports of entry from the United States are returned to the U.S. and told to seek asylum there. But if they request asylum on Canadian soil at a location other than an official crossing, the process is allowed to go forward. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Canadian court invalidates asylum agreement with the US

By Wilson Ring Jul. 22, 2020 01:50 PM EDT

FILE - In a May 16, 2006 file photo, rifles line a hunting store's shelves in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, May 1, 2020 that Canada is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada bans assault-style weapons after shooting rampage

By Rob Gillies May. 01, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

A tribute is displayed Monday, April 20, 2020, at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, following a weekend shooting rampage by a gunman, disguised as a police officer, that killed multiple people including an RCMP constable. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press via AP)
Rampage leaves 18 dead in Canada's worst mass shooting

By Rob Gillies Apr. 20, 2020 11:18 AM EDT