COVID-19 Coronavirus

Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker's request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President J...

Jul 12, 2021

Coronavirus infects vaccinated leader at Florida condo site

MIAMI (AP) - A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested p...

Jul 12, 2021

Thirty-six new cases reported today in the province; one death

The provincial government is reporting 36 new cases and 57 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today. This brings the provincial total to 49,198 cases; 48,224 total recoveries and 403 cases consi...

Jul 09, 2021

CF Montreal trades Hurtado to Columbus, citing forward's lack of COVID vaccination

MONTREAL - CF Montreal has traded Erik Hurtado to Columbus for US$200,000 in general allocation money, saying the fact the veteran American forward was not vaccinated played into the deal. "There was ...

Jul 08, 2021

Province reports 113 new cases and 17 recoveries in the province today

The province has reported another 113 new cases of COVID-19, and 17 recoveries, in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 49,152 cases; 48,167 total recoveries, and 415 cases are c...

Jul 08, 2021

Extending pandemic jobs program aimed to cost extra $600 million, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...

Jul 08, 2021

Keeping COVID variants at bay, Habs lose in Game Five : In The News for July 8

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jul 08, 2021

Conservative 'COVID-era leader' Erin O'Toole heads to heartland in first big tour

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole is going back to where he started. The Conservative leader is set to travel to Calgary, where the Ontario MP kicked off his bid to win leadership of the federal party in its hear...

Jul 08, 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 08, 2021

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate

The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the...

Jul 07, 2021