COVID-19 Coronavirus

COVID-19 numbers spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant are detected

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity, hospitalizations and deaths all up in recent weeks. The BC Centre for Disease Control says in a m...

Sep 08, 2023

First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19; President Biden tests negative for virus

WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Monday but is experiencing only mild symptoms currently, her spokeswoman said. President Joe Biden was tested for the virus followi...

Sep 04, 2023

Review finds at least 120 CRA employees claimed COVID benefits while employed

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says 120 people have been fired for claiming a federal COVID-19 benefit while employed there. The CRA is reviewing approximately 600 cases in which current employees...

Sep 01, 2023

Canada's first case of new COVID variant is detected in B.C.

The BC Centre for Disease Control has detected Canada's first known case of a new COVID-19 variant that has emerged in several other countries and is being monitored by the World Health Organization. ...

Aug 29, 2023

Woman who tried to take COVID transplant fight to Supreme Court dies

An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine requirements for organ transplants all the way to the Supreme Court has died. The former lawyer for Sheila Annette Lewis confirmed her d...

Aug 25, 2023

China wants more Canada flights after COVID-19 turbulence, despite tour-group ban

OTTAWA - Beijing and Ottawa are in talks over how to increase flights between China and Canada, following an American deal in June. Transport Canada says the weekly number of flights between the two c...

Aug 25, 2023

COVID-19 activity showing early signs that it may be increasing, new PHAC data says

COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests. "There are signs of continued fluctuations in some COVID-19 activi...

Aug 15, 2023

Highest court refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches that argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor...

Aug 10, 2023

External review found military's COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Charter of Rights

OTTAWA - A tribunal that's part of the military grievance process has found that a COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Armed Forces members' Charter rights. The Military Grievances External Review Commit...

Aug 01, 2023

Study: Soccer most popular sport among Canadian kids post-pandemic

Soccer is the most popular sport for young Canadians to play, according to a recent study. The 2023 Canadian Youth Sports Report is an independent syndicated study published by Solutions Research Grou...

Jul 27, 2023