Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus
Elks say nine players have tested positive for COVID-19, team in isolation
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks say nine players have tested positive for COVID-19. The update comes a day after the CFL postponed Thursday's game between the Argonauts and Elks at Toronto after an unspe...
Aug 23, 2021
Active COVID cases in South Zone rising to nearly four digits
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its report on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the past three days.In that time, 1,972 cases were confirmed with an average...
Aug 23, 2021
Montreal says it will end state of emergency in place since start of COVID pandemic
Montreal is not renewing the state of emergency that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city said today in a news release that starting Friday, it will instead be in "aler...
Aug 23, 2021
Med Hat doctor says COVID causing staff shortages and fatigue at hospital
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A ER doctor at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital said morale is down and staff are fatigued as the hospital grapples with COVID-19.The city has the second-highest case rate per cap...
Aug 23, 2021
U.S. gives full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The agency says people can be "very confident" that the drug ...
Aug 23, 2021
CFL says Elks players tested positive for COVID-19, next game postponed
EDMONTON, AB - Several Edmonton Elks players have tested positive for COVID-19, the Canadian Football League revealed late Sunday. The CFL has postponed Edmonton's next game against the Argonauts in T...
Aug 22, 2021
Rev. Jesse Jackson, wife Jacqueline hospitalized for COVID
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rig...
Aug 21, 2021
Military called in to help N.W.T. as territory sees surge of COVID-19 cases
Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases. The territory says there are 198 active cases, with t...
Aug 21, 2021
Though young and healthy, unvaccinated father dies of COVID
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Healthy and in their 30s, Christina and Josh Tidmore figured they were low-risk for COVID-19. With conflicting viewpoints about whether to get vaccinated against the virus fill...
Aug 21, 2021
B.C. may not move to Step 4 by Sept. 7 as COVID-19 case counts increase: top doctor
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says the province may not advance as expected to the next step in its COVID-19 restart plan as case counts surge in the Interior Health region. As provincial ...
Aug 20, 2021