A leading scientist behind the University of Oxford's potential COVID-19 vaccine said on Wednesday the team has seen the right sort of immune response in trials but declined to give a firm timeframe for when it could be ready.

People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- and maybe offer a reality check.

A COVID-19 vaccine developed in Edmonton is moving forward to human trials this summer.

Scientists Byram Bridle and Shayan Sharif of the University of Guelph worry that some are offering too much hope that a vaccine can be created in a timely fashion.

Experts fear that without a detailed strategy, the allocation of vaccines could be extremely messy.

The Vancouver Police Department says there’s been a 600 per cent increase in reports of hate crimes targeting the Asian community since the coronavirus crisis began.

The Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon is gearing up to help scientists battle COVID-19 by supporting 13 research projects from across Canada.

Ferrets and hamsters have been responding well to a vaccine developed by USask researchers and the team is getting closer to testing it on humans.

The findings land just before researchers at Dalhousie University test the same vaccine in Halifax in the upcoming weeks.

The University of Guelph says its researchers have received $230,000 from the Ontario government to develop a possible COVID-19 vaccine.