Federal data shows tens of thousands of people in Canada's largest provinces received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine after public announcements of a vaccine passport, even before the new policy came into place.

Ottawa is expected to see a tenfold increase of cannabis retailers by next year a cause for concern among some who aretrying to make a go of the business in a still fragile legal market.

Families who claim disgraced Ottawa fertility doctor Norman Barwin used the wrong sperm or even his own sperm in the conception of at least 100 children could receive a portion of a multi-million-dollar payout after a judge certifiedthe settlement of a class-action lawsuit launched in 2016.

Like the last leg of a marathon, public health officials say reaching the final segment of the unvaccinated population will be a grind as Ottawa tries to attain herd immunity when enough of the population is protected against COVID-19.

A team of volunteers shared their experiences administering 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Horticulture building at Lansdowne as the clinic closed this week.

Starting Wednesday, more than half of Ottawa's community vaccination clinics will shut down as the city starts winding down its mass vaccination program with rates slowing down dramatically.

As travel opens up, the association representing Ontario's pharmacists is lobbying the province to drastically expand the number of pharmacies permitted to offer publicly fundedPCR tests the gold standard for assessing if someone has COVID-19.