Category Archives: Prairies/BC
B.C. brings in more rules to fight the COVID-19 variant Omicron, plans surgery delays
VICTORIA — The rapid growth rate of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in British Columbia has led the province to tighten public health restrictions to limit its spread, says provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. The province also has plans to introdu...
COVID-19 restrictions on capacity, gatherings come into force in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — Lower capacity limits and tighter public health restrictions for both vaccinated and unvaccinated Manitobans have come into force. Health Minister Audrey Gordon has said the rules are necessary to try to curb the spread of the COVID-19 Omicr...
B.C. Mounties say they are monitoring protest against gas pipeline
HOUSTON, B.C. — The RCMP say they are investigating allegations that protesters threatened security officials, set off flares and damaged vehicles at a drill site for the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern British Columbia. The Mounties say in a stat...
More than 18,000 boosters booked as Saskatchewan faces possible Omicron surge
REGINA — Provincial data says tens of thousands of people have made appointments for COVID-19 booster shots in Saskatchewan in the face of a possible surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant. Some 59 new COVID-19 cases are being reported
COVID-19 infections surge in Manitoba; province stops identifying most close contacts
WINNIPEG — Manitoba continued to face surging COVID-19 infections on Monday at the same time it ended its role in notifying most close contacts. People with confirmed COVID-19 cases will be asked to tell their contacts themselves, the province's websit...
B.C. cap on restaurant food delivery fees to stay at 15% through next year
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's extending the cap on fees charged by food delivery companies to help the restaurant industry through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ravi Kahlon, the minister of jobs, economic recovery and innovation, says t...
B.C.’s new COVID-19 restrictions in place as active cases rise
VANCOUVER — COVID-19 cases in British Columbia are back up to figures not seen since October, with an average of 850 a day. The province reported a three-day total of 2,550 new cases on Monday and three more deaths. There are 5,435
Concerns persist as warming shelter opens near homeless camp in central Alberta city
WETASKIWIN, Alta. — A tent lies mangled on a pile of soot where a fire burned down part of a homeless encampment in a central Alberta city. Marsha Louis, who lives in one of the remaining tents held up by shards
Alberta energy minister tests positive for COVID-19, isolates at home, mild symptoms
EDMONTON — Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19. The information was confirmed by Savage’s chief-of-staff, Jerry Bellikka. Bellikka says Savage experienced mild symptoms and is feeling fine. He s...
Alberta reports rare case of atypical mad cow disease; says no risk to human health
EDMONTON — Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner says an older cow has tested positive for atypical BSE. It's Alberta's first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, in almost six years. Horner says atypical BSE pre...