Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is seeking legal advice on whether she can pardon those fined for non-criminal violations of health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The things tha...

TORONTO - A line of sports media members formed outside the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse earlier this month shortly after the team blew a seven-run lead and was eliminated from the post-season. Manage...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says she is preparing for "worst-case scenario" COVID-19 variants, as early signs show a fall resurgence of the virus. At the House of Commons health comm...

WINNIPEG - Head coach Rick Bowness will have to wait a little longer to make his regular-season debut with the Winnipeg Jets. The team announced a few hours before Friday's season opener against the N...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial government officials say Albertans 12 years of age and older will soon have an additional COVID-19 vaccine choice.Beginning October 24, 2022, the bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 v...

EDMONTON, AB - Premier Danielle Smith is promising some big changes to healthcare in Alberta, including leadership.Smith says chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be out. Hinshaw was...

MONTREAL - The number of hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 in Quebec has risen above 2,000 for the first time since mid-August. The Health Department is reporting a rise of 207 COVID-19 hospitalizat...

WHITEHORSE - A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntu...

YELLOWKNIFE - The owners of a pub in Yellowknife say they're relieved after they learned they wouldn't have to pay a more than $5,000 ticket for violating Northwest Territories COVID-19 public health ...

OTTAWA, ON - Health Canada says Canadians ages 12 and up can now be given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant. Health Minister Je...