COVID-19 Coronavirus

US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the la...

Jun 10, 2022

South & North Zones report zero COVID patients in ICU

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from May 31-June 6, 2022.During that time, 1,840 cases were confirmed ...

Jun 08, 2022

Canada Child Benefit would cost $1.1B more without pandemic supports: PBO

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office estimates the Canada Child Benefit program would cost $1.1 billion more over the 2021-2024 fiscal years if pandemic supports had not been paid out to families ...

Jun 08, 2022

COVID data void in Canada could hamper understanding of lingering impact: experts

VANCOUVER - A lack of data tracking Canadians who have had COVID-19 could hinder efforts to understand potential post-infection conditions, such as diabetes and brain fog, experts have warned. They sa...

Jun 04, 2022

COVID hospitalizations fall under 1,000 in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from May 24-30, 2022.During that time, 2,348 cases were confirmed in A...

Jun 02, 2022

PGA Tour Canada returns with Victoria Open after two-year suspension due to COVID-19

It's not quite a sigh of relief, but Blair Bursey is very pleased to have the PGA Tour Canada back. Bursey, from Gander, N.L., is one of 37 Canadians in the field at this week's Royal Beach Victoria O...

Jun 01, 2022

Pandemic measures to remain at border for at least another month, PHAC announces

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month. The agency made the announcement on Twitter, the day after Parliam...

May 31, 2022

Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death

MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...

May 30, 2022

Vancouver Island fight promoter Jason Heit set for first post-pandemic boxing show

There's not much Jason Heit hasn't done in combat sports. As a fighter, Heit competed in boxing, kickboxing and MMA. And away from the cage or ring, he looked after the likes of Drew Barrymore, David ...

May 26, 2022

Copping encouraged by falling COVID numbers in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest weekly report on COVID-19. The numbers reported in this update reflect data from May 17-23, 2022.During that time, 2,737 cases were confirmed acro...

May 25, 2022