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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News
Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores
TORONTO — An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.
Jun 9, 2023 12:41 PM
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Court rules Austria can't be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resort
BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian federal court said Thursday that the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the pandemic hit Europe in early 2020.
Jun 1, 2023 5:41 AM
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Canadian researchers find brain inflammation in patients with long COVID
Leslie Ann Coles knew "almost immediately" something was wrong after her COVID-19 infection in January 2021. The filmmaker from Woodbridge, Ont.
Jun 1, 2023 2:05 AM
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AG largely praises B.C. COVID-19 tourism supports, cites 'minor' shortfalls
VICTORIA — B.C's auditor general says the province's COVID-19 support program for the devastated tourism industry followed most required guidelines, though he raised some concerns about the way it was documented and monitored.
May 30, 2023 12:47 PM
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Canadian airline ordered to pay B.C. pair $1,400 for flight delays
The airline said the delay on the Vancouver-Toronto flight was a result of "crew constraints."
May 26, 2023 7:00 AM
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Nova Scotia ends public health orders for COVID-19, including mandatory vaccinations
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's top health official says the province will soon be treating COVID-19 like any other respiratory illness. Chief medical officer Dr.
May 23, 2023 11:51 AM
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B.C. doctor who campaigned against COVID-19 vaccine sues court for $33M
Daniel Yoshio Nagase claims his children could face myocarditis, thrombosis, cancer and sterility.
May 19, 2023 7:00 AM
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'Chaotic' down south, concern up north as U.S. ends COVID border, immigration rules
WASHINGTON — The imminent overnight end of the COVID-19 public health emergency felt more like a crisis than cause for celebration Thursday as Homeland Security agents and officials braced for an onslaught of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
May 11, 2023 5:54 PM
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Alberta premier apologizes for comments linking COVID vaccinated to Nazi followers
EDMONTON — United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized Monday after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn’t wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 vaccine to followers of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany
May 8, 2023 3:52 PM
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A COVID legacy? When doctors say we should still be masking up
"I still encourage the elderly in my life ... that if they are taking a plane or they are going to be in high-risk settings to mask up," said one a pediatric infectious diseases specialist
May 8, 2023 8:38 AM
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