Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government's requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border.

Canada's race to procure ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic had researchers, scientists, industry and a notable astrophysicist working "night and day"to design machines that could be quickly manufactured domestically.

Canada's race to procure ventilators for COVID-19 patients in the early days of the pandemic had researchers, scientists, industry and a notable astrophysicist working "night and day"to design machines that could be quickly manufactured domestically.

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia pharmacist has been disciplined for claiming to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and falsifying provincial health records to hide his unvaccinated status.

Criteria to get the antiviral in B.C. are more restrictive than in other jurisdictions

The canines, named for their raccoon-like faces, are often bred for their fur and sold for meat in animal markets across China.

Those advised to get a spring booster include individuals older than 80, seniors in long-term care homes, Indigenous people older than 70 and people 18 and older who are immuno-compromised.

But those working in health-care settings will still have to provide proof of vaccination.

The BC Liberal Party has been calling on the government to lift the mandate.

"There's so many stories that we have lived through together in the last three years. And I think all of us have been changed by it and affected by it," she said.