Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Downward COVID-19 infections in B.C. will help with faster-spreading variants: Henry
VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say there's an encouraging trend in the COVID-19 curve in the province with the efforts of residents making a difference. It comes as the state of emergency was extended again in B.C. on Tuesday, allowing
B.C. drivers to receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques averaging $190 next month
VICTORIA — Almost three million drivers in British Columbia will receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques next month that average about $190 each, Premier John Horgan said Tuesday. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia will return $600 millio...
Saskatchewan identifies first cases of COVID-19 variant in Regina area
REGINA — Saskatchewan's top doctor says he's concerned that at least 200 new COVID-19 infections are being reported every day in the province as officials confirmed Tuesday the first two cases of a more contagious variant. The Ministry of Health says
Yukon’s COVID-19 vaccine shipment cut 37 per cent but most clinics continue: premier
WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says the territory's next two shipments of COVID-19 vaccine will be reduced by 37 per cent, but most plans for immunization clinics are unchanged.Provinces and territories across Canada are receiving fewer vaccin...
‘Emergency brake’ factored into Alberta’s reopening plan: top doctor
CALGARY — COVID-19 hospitalizations are the focus of Alberta's road map for gradually opening up more businesses and activities, but the province's top doctor says a different criteria will factor into whether to slow down or tighten up. Hospitalizati...
‘Emergency brake’ factored into Alberta’s reopening plan: top doctor
CALGARY — COVID-19 hospitalizations are the focus of Alberta's road map for gradually opening up more businesses and activities, but the province's top doctor says a different criteria will factor into whether to slow down or tighten up. Hospitalizati...
Manitoba’s premier says Winnipeg health chair is stepping down after Arizona trip
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the chair of Winnipeg's health authority is stepping down following news last week that he'd travelled to Arizona in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pallister announced the resignation in a news rele...
Manitoba’s rollout plan: Younger First Nations people to get vaccine sooner
WINNIPEG — Younger First Nations members will be able to get vaccinated sooner in Manitoba as Indigenous people continue to face more serious health outcomes from COVID-19. People over the age of 80 will be eligible for shots when the next
Deadline extension will mean more time to get responses, oil inquiry head explains
CALGARY — The commissioner of Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics says a deadline extension will allow more time for the inquiry to get responses from the people it names. The inquiry headed by Steve Allan
COVID-19 lockdown ends for Canim Lake band, but some restrictions remain in place
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A COVID-19 lockdown has ended in a First Nations community in British Columbia's central interior, but officials say they still plan to limit access for non-residents for at least another month.Chief Helen Henderson of the Canim
