COVID-19 Coronavirus

Demand increasing: Canadian Blood Services watching supply as COVID-19 rules eased

CALGARY - A return to a somewhat normal summer as COVID-19 restrictions are eased is putting a strain on Canada's blood supply. Several provinces have started lifting restrictions - most notably Alber...

Jul 29, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 29, 2021

Restrictions back in B.C. region as COVID-19 cases rapidly rising

KELOWNA, B.C. - Health officials have reinstated COVID-19 restrictions in part of British Columbia's Interior health region where an outbreak led to rapidly spreading infection driven primarily by unv...

Jul 28, 2021

Fifty new COVID-19 cases, 51 recoveries reported today in Saskatchewan

The provincial government is reporting another 50 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today, 22 of which have been reported in the six northern zones of the province.This brings the provincial total...

Jul 28, 2021

Nunavut to drop its mask mandate Friday, more than a month after COVID-19 outbreak

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says people living in the territory will no longer be required to wear masks starting Friday, but he says they are still strongly encouraged. D...

Jul 28, 2021

Calgary Stampede linked to 71 COVID-19 cases; community spread from event unknown

CALGARY - Alberta Health says 71 cases of COVID-19 are likely to have been acquired at the Calgary Stampede but community spread as a result of those cases is unknown. Ministry spokesman Tom McMillan ...

Jul 28, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 28, 2021

Province reports 26 of 38 new COVID-19 cases in northern zones

The government have reported another 38 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 27, including 26 new cases in the six northern zones. New cases along with the 33 new recoveries brings the provin...

Jul 27, 2021

Only half of one per cent of new COVID-19 cases are in fully vaccinated: Trudeau

MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians who still have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine to roll up their sleeves, saying that the overwhelming majority of cases are in people wh...

Jul 27, 2021

FSIN calling on province and RCMP to help curb spread of COVID in northern Sask

The Buffalo River Dene Nation in Northern Saskatchewan is battling the quick spread of the coronavirus and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) executive said it's due to a lack of pu...

Jul 27, 2021