Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Air Canada said a man's COVID-19 tests weren't appropriate for his final destination and refused to board him.

VICTORIA — A report from British Columbia's coroner says a prominent anti-vaccine and COVID critic died in 2021 of a drug overdose, although he also tested positive for the illness post-mortem.

OTTAWA — The World Health Organization decided Monday not to end to the COVID-19 global public health emergency it declared three years ago, even though the pandemic has reached what the international body calls an "inflection point.

Almost half of the health-care workers fired for not being immunized against COVID-19 worked in the Interior and Northern health authorities, which is where staffing shortages have forced the persistent closures of emergency rooms.

The program was previously limited to just five Lower Mainland water treatment plants.

The genetic composition of the subvariant makes it difficult to detect through wastewater surveillance.

But because of the time he's already spent in custody, the judge's sentence won't add any additional jail time.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn’t work that way.

About 1,000 PCR tests are performed on average each day, and genome sequencing is now being done on any positive COVID test, provincial health officer says

Three natural compounds collected off the B.C. and Newfoundland coasts have been found to have COVID-19-blocking powers in a discovery that could protect against future pandemics.