Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government on Tuesday declared an end to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and says people no longer have to wear masks in health and care centers as well as pharmacies.

If we don’t want a repeat of last year’s devastating respiratory illness season in B.C., they say now’s the time to act.

Bandage tech used to identify specific antibodies

B.C. parents reported an uptick in immunizations against a range of diseases, for their two-year-old children, despite broad pandemic disruptions in 2020 and 2021.

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization says bivalent mRNA vaccines can be used as the two-dose primary series of shots against COVID-19.

TORONTO — An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.

BERLIN (AP) — An Austrian federal court said Thursday that the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection from an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the pandemic hit Europe in early 2020.

Leslie Ann Coles knew "almost immediately" something was wrong after her COVID-19 infection in January 2021. The filmmaker from Woodbridge, Ont.

VICTORIA — B.C's auditor general says the province's COVID-19 support program for the devastated tourism industry followed most required guidelines, though he raised some concerns about the way it was documented and monitored.

The airline said the delay on the Vancouver-Toronto flight was a result of "crew constraints."