Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

COVID-19 infections may be slowly starting to rise again in Canada, new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests.

The case stems from orders issued by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during the second wave of the pandemic more than two years ago.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the updated vaccine, if approved, should start rolling out in late September or early October.

Those who could not get vaccinated were to be accommodated under human-rights legislation, but those who chose not to were warned they could lose promotion, training and deployment opportunities or be released altogether.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.

The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of 39 million extra rapid tests for COVID-19 and is struggling to get rid of them without chucking them in the trash, an internal Health Canada memo shows.

Kimberly Woolman, 60, is not allowed to go to Save-On-Foods during her probation period after being found guilty of causing a disturbance and two counts of assault

A new series published in the BMJ medical journal is calling for an independent inquiry into Canada's COVID-19 response.

B.C.’s provincial health officer says current order has ended as province moves forward with policy work to establish a replacement system.

TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back.