Category Archives: COVID-19 Coronavirus

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 Dec. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

EDMONTON - Alberta is bringing in stricter COVID-19 restrictions, including a capacity limit for the world junior hockey tournament. Premier Jason Kenney says large venues that seat more than 1,000 pe...

EDMONTON, AB - In large Alberta public settings, Premier Jason Kenney is announcing new "targeted" COVID-19 measures.Health Minister Jason Copping says, starting at midnight on Christmas Eve, venues w...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.READ MORE: New temporary "targeted" COVID-19 restrictions announced for...

NHL players won't be going to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said Tuesday. The move by league and the NHL Players' Association comes amid COVID-19 concern th...

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Quebec is reporting for a third day in a row a record number of cases...

MONTREAL - COVID-19 testing centres in Quebec are being overwhelmed by the pandemic's fifth wave, with long lineups to get a test and delays in results as the Omicron variant pushes daily case counts ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed...

PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut - Travel is restricted to a hamlet in Nunavut after two cases of COVID-19 were identified late yesterday. The Nunavut government says travel in or out of Pangnirtung, which is on ...

OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official is warning of fresh delays in the delivery of already overdue warships and other new equipment to the Canadian Armed Forces because of COVID-...