Good evening, here are the coronavirus updates you need to know tonight.

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       Nova Scotia kicked New Brunswick out of the Atlantic Bubble travel agreement yesterday – prompting protests and a blockade that shutdown the Trans-Canada Highway connecting the two provinces Amid trouble securing doses in Ontario, Canadian sailors who work on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are turning to U.S. health authorities to get vaccinated AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines are broadly effective against the Delta and Kappa variants, a new scientific study says In the last 7 days, 5,782 cases were reported, down 31 per cent from the previous 7 days. There were 174 deaths announced, up 10 per cent over the same period. At least 968 people are being treated in hospitals and 1,375,107 others are considered recovered.

       Canada’s inoculation rate is 10th among countries with a population of one million or more people.

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       Sources: Canada data is compiled from government websites, Johns Hopkins and COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group; international data is from Johns Hopkins University.

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       Protesters block the road during a demonstration on Highway 104, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Traffic was brought to a standstill along the Trans-Canada Highway at Nova Scotia's boundary with New Brunswick as a protest continued over COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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       Coronavirus in Canada Protesters angry at Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 travel restrictions blockaded the Trans-Canada Highway at the boundary with New Brunswick today, causing travel chaos. Premier Doug Ford says an announcement will come “very shortly” about Ontario possibly moving into the second phase of its reopening plan earlier than scheduled. Manitoba has entered into the first step of its COVID-19 reopening plan ahead of schedule. Some parts of Alberta are contributing to high vaccination rates more than others, with residents of Calgary and Edmonton hauling up the vaccine tallies of other areas where as few as one in five has had a dose. A study by Oxford University researchers concludes that COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants of the virus, which were first identified in India.

       The Delta variant is becoming the globally dominant version of the disease, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said. Pandemic pastime: Canadians have flocked to their local parks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.

       Coronavirus around the world The COVAX vaccine-sharing program, which aims to help countries in dire need, is planning a shake-up, internal documents seen by Reuters show. The delay to the Tokyo Olympics caused by the coronavirus pandemic has raised the cost of the Games in various ways. Canadian sailors who work on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are turning to U.S. health authorities to get vaccinated after being unable to get their shot at home. Coronavirus and business WestJet is launching a cargo business in a bid to compensate for a steep drop in passenger travel since the beginning of the pandemic.

       The airline has seen demand for air freight services rise 40 per cent to 50 per cent during the pandemic. Initially, the airline flew a lot of personal protection equipment and other pandemic gear, but that business has grown to include consumer e-commerce purchases, seafood and other high-value and perishable goods. Also today: Canadian retail sales in April posted their largest drop since the start of the pandemic as governments tried to mitigate the third wave.

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       And: Citing a shift in consumer behaviour as restrictions ease, Sobeys parent company Empire posted its first sales decline in a year.

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