COVID-19 Coronavirus

Provinces, territories vary on lifting COVID-19 health restrictions

Some areas of the country are easing pandemic restrictions while others are tightening them depending on their perceptions of whether the COVID-19 curve is flattening or has yet to peak. Quebec announ...

Jan 14, 2022

Vulnerable in Vancouver approached to take COVID-19 vaccine for others: authority

A health authority says "vulnerable people" in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have been approached with offers of payment to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by people attempting to fraudulently get a B....

Jan 13, 2022

COVID hospitalizations continue to rise in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Thursday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.6,010 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to ...

Jan 13, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the province in December will be lifted on Monday. He told reporters today the...

Jan 13, 2022

Winnipeg Jets centre Paul Stastny added to NHL's COVID-19 protocol

Winnipeg Jets centre Paul Stastny has been placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The 36-year-old joins eight teammates and one coach in isolation ahead of Thursday's game in Detroit against the Red W...

Jan 13, 2022

Ethics committee summons Duclos, Tam on mobile-phone data collection during pandemic

OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is calling on the health minister to explain the Public Health Agency of Canada's collection of data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel ...

Jan 13, 2022

Indigenous inmates face high rates of COVID-19 in federal prisons

OTTAWA - Indigenous federal inmates are infected with COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates. Correctional Service Canada said Wednesday that as of Jan. 10, there are 207 active COVID-19 cases amon...

Jan 13, 2022

CPNewsAlert: Quebec to lift COVID-19 curfew Monday, extend vaccine passport to retail

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the province in December will be lifted on Monday. He told reporters today the health order can be ended because th...

Jan 13, 2022

Chicago teachers accept COVID deal, keeping kids in school

CHICAGO (AP) - Students in the nation's third-largest district returned to classrooms Wednesday after Chicago Public Schools canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over ...

Jan 12, 2022

Active COVID cases surpass 61,000 in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Wednesday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.6,789 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to...

Jan 12, 2022