Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus
COVID and air pollution, storm cleanup in Ontario and Quebec : In The News for May 24
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 May 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 24, 2022
Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - A federal judge in Louisiana is refusing to end pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. The judge on Friday blocked a plan by Presiden...
May 20, 2022
Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in COVID first wave
MONTREAL - Quebec's coroner says there is plenty of blame to go around for the deaths of 47 residents of a private Montreal-area long-term care home during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cor...
May 19, 2022
Bulldog willpower and work ethic: Jason Kenney led Alberta through COVID, oil crash
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, at the founding convention of his United Conservative Party in 2018, said he'd consider members' input on policy but the bottom line was simple: "I hold the pe...
May 18, 2022
COVID cases and hospitalizations trend down 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 10-16, 2022.During that time, 3,614 cases were confirmed acro...
May 18, 2022
Canada's COVID-19 infections among adults tripled in early 2022 due to Omicron: study
TORONTO - The number of Canadian adults infected with COVID-19 tripled during the fifth wave of the pandemic compared with the total number of adults infected in the previous four waves, according to ...
May 18, 2022
More signs Alberta is passing latest COVID wave, says health minister
EDMONTON, AB - According to Alberta's health minister, there are more signs that the province is moving past the BA.2 wave.Jason Copping said the average PCR test positivity rate over the past six day...
May 18, 2022
US health secretary tests positive for COVID on Germany trip
BERLIN (AP) - Another member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet has tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the virus on Wednesday while visiting Berlin, a...
May 18, 2022
Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care
MONTREAL - A long-awaited report from the Quebec coroner says residents of long-term care homes were kept in a blind spot while the provincial government reacted to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 16, 2022
US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million on Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration. The confirmed numb...
May 16, 2022