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Pardons are historically afforded to those accused of specific crimes – and usually those who have already been convicted of an offense.

An overwhelming 81 per cent of inmates, according to the Ontario government, are being held awaiting trial and presumptively innocent.

A Quebec judge authorized a class action suit Monday, allowing long-term care residents and their families to seek damages from the province over its initial response to COVID-19.

Disease X, a hypothetical illness with the potential for 20 times more fatalities than the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the focal point of a panel discussion in Davos on Wednesday.

The WHO says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children.

Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman made mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines.

If the case is allowed to go ahead, it would cover all residents of long-term care homes where COVID-19 outbreaks occurred during the first two waves of the pandemic.

A Montreal lawyer says that Quebec's COVID-19 response in long-term care homes was marked by improvisation and that a pre-existing pandemic plan was ignored until it was too late.

Many of those patients are admitted for other reasons and contract the novel coronavirus during their hospital stay, according to Health Minister Christian Dubé.

Ottawa Public Health says there were 22 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as city facilities start to feel the impact of the looming fourth wave of the virus.

The top doctor says the border measures help support a safe return to school for children by keeping COVID-19 numbers low in the province.

The change comes after school administrators criticized the rollout of the program.

If current trends continue, COVID-19 will likely be one of the leading cause of death in Alberta in 2020.

Singapore recently began a "safe cruising" program allowing cruise ships to make round trips to Singapore with no port of call in between, along with strict health precautions.

It marks the sixth time this month that the region has recorded more than 30 new cases in a single day, and the fourth time that more than 40 cases have been reported.

This week, the health unit has already reported 272 new COVID-19 cases, making it the highest number of weekly cases reported since the start of the pandemic.

Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney will push for more affordable housing funding this week at council as the federal government allots $31.9 million in funding to Ottawa.

According to the hospital, one patient and one staff member tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday. 

Interior Health said "extensive testing" of staff and residents is underway.

Just under 10 per cent of the school community has been informed to self-isolate, the district said.