The number of fully vaccinatedCanadians is slowly risingand all levels of government are under pressureto start outlining whichrestrictions can be lifted for those who've gotten their second doses and how they'll be expected to prove it.

As the federal NDP prepares to spend double what it did in the 2019 election on the next campaign, some grassroots members say it's happening off their backs.New Democrat headquarters in Ottawa is keeping 100 per cent of all Elections Canada campaign expense reimbursements that usually flow to candidates and benefit electoral district associations.

Several Canadian universities are preparing to test wastewater from long-term care homes in Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton to get early warnings of COVID-19 outbreaks.