Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the impact of COVID-19 is still with us even after the World Health Organization declared earlier today that the illness no longer qualifies as a global ...

OTTAWA - Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier's office says it welcomes a federal watchdog's decision to monitor the Canada Revenue Agency's approach to collecting on overpayments of COVID-19 benefits...

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they've continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite havi...

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration says COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign air travellers and at the Canada-U.S. border are being lifted as of May 12. The day before, May 11, will mark t...

EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith won't say if she will follow through on her threat to sue the CBC for defamation over its coverage of her role in prosecuting COVID-19 cour...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the W...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary health committee is weighing the need for new legislation that would force the Pubic Health Agency of Canada to table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in ...

TORONTO - Increased time online during the pandemic may have made young Canadians meaner, a researcher said Wednesday, warning that declining empathy which emerged during isolation was now fostering i...

OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2021 as the country's COVID-19 related shutdowns began to ease. But overall emissions remained well below where they were before the pandemi...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, April 12, 2023 ... What we are watc...