COVID-19 Coronavirus

China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

BEIJING (AP) - China's national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surg...

Mar 18, 2022

COVID numbers remain low in Alberta on Friday

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Friday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.Starting on the week of Monday, March 21, COVID-19 data, including cases...

Mar 18, 2022

Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates

OTTAWA - Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and th...

Mar 18, 2022

Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship

Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...

Mar 18, 2022

NACI recommends kids get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, calls Moderna suitable alternative

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has released new guidelines that favour giving kids a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine over the newly approved Moderna version.Health Canada ap...

Mar 18, 2022

Bump in COVID-19 cases 'not unexpected' as public health measures lifted, Tam says

OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says increased COVID-19 transmission is "not unexpected" as public health measures are lifted and cases pick up internationally. Tam says the numbe...

Mar 18, 2022

Two years in, no moving on from COVID-19 for Canada's exhausted health-care workers

MONTREAL - COVID-19 cases continue to roll into the two Toronto-area hospitals where Eram Chhogala works as a trauma nurse. The numbers have dwindled to a stream instead of a wave, but each is a remin...

Mar 18, 2022

Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot

WASHINGTON (AP) - Drugmaker Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. The request is broader than ...

Mar 17, 2022

Downwards trend continues Thursday for COVID hospitalizations

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.Starting on the week of Monday, March 21, COVID-19 data, including cas...

Mar 17, 2022

Canucks president Rutherford tests positive for COVID-19, enters NHL's protocol

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks say Jim Rutherford, the team's president of hockey operations, has tested positive for COVID-19. He has entered the NHL's protocol and is working from home during his...

Mar 17, 2022