Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

From the dark January days of the Omicron wave to a pediatric health-care crisis in the fall — and an easing of public health measures in between — COVID-19 has proven to be a sustained disruptive force in B.C.

The 83-year-old says he tried to get answers after he saw indications of COVID on his wing but never received an outright declaration.

Since Oct. 1, the federal government lifted the mask mandate on airplanes.

OTTAWA — Canadians who were caught violating federal COVID-19 quarantine rules racked up at least $15 million in fines this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, but it's not clear how much of that will actually be paid.

Pandemic ban on church gatherings was constitutional in balancing religious and health objectives, the court ruled.

Two of the 31 people in critical care in the province with COVID-19 and 44 of the 374 in hospital with the virus as of Dec. 15 are in the Island Health region.

‘We’re not out of the woods,’ said Dr. Bonnie Henry, as she encouraged people to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19.

A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have been equivalent to about 12.

OTTAWA — Tens of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines are likely about to expire and go to waste because of a failure to manage an oversupply, Canada's auditor general reported Tuesday — a failure with an estimated price tag of about $1 billion.

"I think the approach that we took was the right one, but obviously we learned lessons from that and we welcome the feedback and report," said Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.