The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
7:40 p.m.: The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says would prevent “disruptive behaviour” from affecting schools and health-care facilities.
The legislation would establish 20-metre zones around hospitals, schools and COVID-19 vaccination and test centres, making it an offence to impede access to the facilities and their services, the Ministry of the Attorney General said Monday.
It would also be an offence to act in a way that could cause service providers or users to be concerned for the physical or mental safety within the zones, it said.
A small number of people protesting COVID-19 rules in recent months have blocked access to healthcare facilities and schools, and while everyone has a right to…
