Coronavirus News
COVID-positive hospitalizations stop falling in B.C.
COVID-positive hospitalizations crept upwards by 1.5 per cent in B.C. in the past day. The provincial government announced Wednesday 269 new cases, including 73...
COVID-positive hospitalizations fall by over 6% in B.C. in past day
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by more than six per cent over the past day in B.C. The provincial government announced Tuesday 259 new coronavirus cases,...
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by 2.7% in past day
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by more than two per cent over the past day. The provincial government announced 199 new COVID-19 cases, including 72 in...
Bump in COVID-19 cases 'not unexpected' as public health measures lifted, Tam says
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says increased COVID-19 transmission is "not unexpected" as public health measures are lifted and cases...
NACI recommends kids get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, calls Moderna suitable alternative
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has released new guidelines that favour giving kids a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine over the newly approved...
Two years in, no moving on from COVID-19 for Canada's exhausted health-care workers
COVID-19 cases continue to roll into the two Toronto-area hospitals where Eram Chhogala works as a trauma nurse. The numbers have dwindled to a stream instead...
Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID vaccine
Drugmaker Moderna asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults....
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by 9.4% in past day
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by more than nine per cent over the past day. The provincial government announced 240 new COVID-19 cases, including 66 in...
Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming...
Central Okanagan School District pauses implementation of vaccine-or-test mandate
School District 23 has put a temporary halt to implementation of its vaccine-or-test mandate for staff and trustees. In January, the board voted to require...
COVID-positive hospitalizations fall by just under 4% in last day
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by just under four per cent over the past day. The provincial government announced 237 new coronavirus cases, including 69...
COVID’s arrival caught B.C. authorities deeply unprepared, documents show
British Columbia’s second mask mandate is over, two years after provincial officials discouraged the public from wearing face masks and promoted...
China battles multiple new outbreaks of 'stealth omicron'
China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit northeastern province and mobilized military reservists Monday as the fast-spreading “stealth...
Thousands of deaths, millions of vaccines: A look at COVID-19 in Canada by the numbers
It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada. 3.3...
Experts cautiously optimistic as COVID-19 pandemic enters third year
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into a third year, many experts are expressing cautious optimism that Canada has passed the need for lockdowns and the...
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by more than 5%
COVID-positive hospitalizations fell by more than five per cent in the past day. The provincial government announced Thursday 288 new COVID-19 cases were...
Kamloops chamber endorse decision to ease COVID-19 restrictions
A decision by the province to begin the easing of restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 is welcome news to the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and its members....
China locks down city of 9 million amid new spike in COVID cases
China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to...
Second pandemic anniversary doesn't mark end of COVID-19
The news conference at the beginning of 2020 wasn’t all that different from the many Dr. Howard Njoo had held in the past. The public health veteran...
Central Okanagan School board chair not sure what will happen with staff vaccine directive
The chair of the Central Okanagan School District's Board of Education says they will need more information from the province before determining the fate of...