COVID-19 Coronavirus

Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...

Mar 30, 2020

Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark

TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...

Mar 30, 2020

N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19

The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...

Mar 30, 2020

Sens' Tkachuk says teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are 'doing well'

Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk says two teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are "doing well." Speaking on one of the NHL's video conference calls Monday, the 20-year-old adds the gro...

Mar 30, 2020

Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says

NEW YORK - John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine said Monday. The singer-songwriter's family...

Mar 30, 2020

Community Foundation announces $375,000 in grant funding for COVID-19 response

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is helping the region get through the COVID-19 pandemic.The organization has announced $375,000 in grant funding to sup...

Mar 30, 2020 The Community Foundation's office in Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta doctors plead against "harmful actions targeted towards our public healthcare system"

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hundreds of doctors across the province have written to the Government of Alberta voicing their displeasure with a series of changes that are set to take place on April 1.Especially d...

Mar 30, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Two inmates, nine employees at Quebec prison test positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Two inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at a maximum-security prison in Quebec, the first confirmed cases involving prisoners in a federal institution. The Correctional Service of ...

Mar 30, 2020

Canadian military ready to mobilize 24,000 troops for COVID-19: defence minister

OTTAWA - The crews of two Royal Canadian Navy vessels were ordered to sequester in a Halifax hotel for two weeks as the federal government announced Monday that it is ready to mobilize up to 24,000 Ca...

Mar 30, 2020

Alberta heavyweight Tanner Boser waits for UFC to call again after COVID-19

His latest fight postponed because of the UFC's inability to find a place to stage it due to COVID-19, Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser is chilling in his condo with a couple of 40-pou...

Mar 30, 2020