Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

PM Trudeau backs lifting some COVID-19 travel rules
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to let a cabinet order enforcing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements at the Canadian border expire at the end of this month. The news was conf...
Sep 22, 2022

Kenney staying quiet on Madu’s support of ‘freedom convoys’ fighting COVID restrictions
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is declining to weigh in on one of his cabinet ministers lauding protesters and the "freedom convoys" fighting COVID-19 restrictions.Kenney says if anyone w...
Sep 22, 2022

Long-COVID and autoimmune diseases, new Canadian airline : In The News for Sept. 22
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 Sept. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 22, 2022

Lawsuit opposed to COVID vaccine mandates at U of L dismissed
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A former student at the University of Lethbridge (U of L) who claimed that the school's refusal to grant an exemption to COVID-19 vaccine mandates violated her rights will not have he...
Sep 21, 2022

Federal Liberal cabinet weighing whether to lift remaining COVID-19 travel measures
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal cabinet is considering whether to renew COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing for travellers. The current measures are set to expire at the end of the mon...
Sep 20, 2022

Sex assault trial continues for military officer who led COVID-19 vaccine campaign
GATINEAU, Que. - The sexual assault trial of Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who led the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine campaign, continues in a Gatineau, Que., courtroom today. The complainant in the c...
Sep 20, 2022

Sex assault trial starts for military officer who led COVID-19 vaccine campaign
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's sexual assault trial is scheduled to begin in a Gatineau courthouse this morning. The trial comes more than a year after the senior military officer was abruptly remov...
Sep 19, 2022

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine available in Alberta next week
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Alberta next week.The province says adult Albertans can make appointments for the Moderna Spikevax booster starting on Wednesday...
Sep 15, 2022

Don't blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should ...
Sep 14, 2022

World under-17 men's hockey challenge returns after pandemic hiatus
CALGARY - The world men's under-17 hockey challenge returns after a pandemic hiatus with Langley and Delta, B.C., hosting the international tournament in November. Three Canadian teams, Finland, Czech...
Sep 14, 2022