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COVID-19 vaccine boosters expanded to children aged five to 11 in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Appointments can now be booked for COVID-19 vaccine boosters for children aged five to 11 in Alberta. Bookings will be open on Monday, August 29, 2022 and booster doses will start bei...

Aug 26, 2022

Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics

OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whi...

Aug 25, 2022

'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North. The N...

Aug 25, 2022

Jill Biden has 'rebound' COVID-19 case, president negative

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, w...

Aug 24, 2022

Lethbridge post secondary institutions outline COVID-19 plans for fall 2022

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The University of Lethbridge (U of L) and Lethbridge College have confirmed that neither institution will require masks or proof of vaccination in order to attend classes on campus th...

Aug 23, 2022

Temporary changes to EI made during pandemic are set to expire late next month

OTTAWA - Temporary changes to the employment insurance program made during the pandemic are set to expire soon, jeopardizing access to jobless benefits for automotive workers in Windsor, Ont., who exp...

Aug 23, 2022

Canada buys up millions more doses of Moderna's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Moderna says the federal government has purchased a total of 12 million doses of the company's bivalent vaccine that targets both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant. Cana...

Aug 22, 2022

'Weak spot' in virus responsible for COVID-19 could mean new treatments: researchers

VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered what they are calling a "weak spot" in the virus that causes COVID-19. A study published in the peer-reviewed scientific j...

Aug 18, 2022

Quebec COVID-19 booster rates stay low as province launches new vaccination campaign

MONTREAL - As Quebec prepares to launch a provincewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign ahead of a potential new fall wave, it's unclear whether it will be enough to prompt a pandemic-weary public to rol...

Aug 18, 2022

Quebec junior college students have 'reduced ability to study' post-COVID: union head

MONTREAL - The head of a union representing Quebec junior college teachers says the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have negatively impacted students' basic study skills. Youri Blanchet of the Fdration d...

Aug 16, 2022