COVID-19 Coronavirus

Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic

OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facili...

May 10, 2025

Minnesota jury convicts alleged ringleader of massive pandemic food fraud scheme on all counts

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A jury found the alleged ringleader of a massive pandemic fraud case in Minnesota guilty on all counts Wednesday for her role in a scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 mil...

Mar 19, 2025

World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic five years ago today

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, setting off a series of policies that transformed Canadians' lives for years. The WHO's declaration f...

Mar 11, 2025

Doctors thrust into COVID-19 celebrity reflect on backlash, threats and Thank You letters

TORONTO - Doctors who were thrust into national fame when COVID-19 hit five years ago say they try to focus on positive feedback from the public rather than the angry backlash and threats of violence ...

Mar 11, 2025

'How did we survive?' What Canadians recall — and don't — about the COVID-19 pandemic

TORONTO - There had been warning signs for months. There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China....

Mar 10, 2025

Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid

VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every dec...

Jan 28, 2025

Alberta doctors criticize provincial COVID-19 report as harmful 'anti-science'

EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel's COVID-19 report as "anti-science." Dr. Shelley Duggan, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says the...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 27, 2025

Five years on, Chinese Canadians recall ridicule and racism over pandemic precautions

VANCOUVER - In early 2020, Lili Wu was already "armed to the teeth" whenever she ventured to public places near her home in Port Coquitlam, B.C. - face mask, sanitizer, protective eyewear and gloves. ...

Jan 27, 2025

Feds issue new COVID vaccine guidance, says provinces now responsible for buying them

TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determinin...

Jan 10, 2025

Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, joins 2026 governor's race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who became a household name in the state in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, is running for governor. Acton, 58, a physician and pu...

Jan 07, 2025