In this week's throne speech, the federal government committed to creating minimum national care standards for nursing homes.

Nursing homes have 30 days to fill vacant beds, or face financial penalties of more than $100 per empty space.

The Northwood review outlines 17 recommendations to address before the second wave, after 53 residents died following a COVID-19 outbreak in the facility.

Vitalité Health Network says it's concerned about overcrowding at Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton.

The family of a 75-year-old woman who died of COVID-19 wants answers after their mother became infected with the novel coronavirus at a Barrie, Ont., nursing home at the end of April.

Families are protesting the inconsistent implementation of long-term care home visitation across Nova Scotia.

Visitation at Parkridge Centre is being limited to compassionate reasons only.

A staff member has tested positive for the virus at Cherington Place in Surrey, and Vancouver Coastal Health has declared an outbreak at the Point Grey Private Hospital in Vancouver.

Protesters are demanding an immediate change in government-ordered visitor restrictions at long-term care homes in Nova Scotia.

The Ontario government says it's loosening measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes based on advice from its chief medical officer of health.