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Edmonton physician says informing families of COVID deaths comes at a personal cost
When one of her patients dies, Dr. Daisy Fung picks up the phone to inform the person’s family. Fung has made these calls...
Canada reaches grim milestone of 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The latest: Long-term care workers, residents should be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine, committee says. Quebec reports 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, day after province cancels plans to allow...
Federal COVID Alert app wasn’t working for some users for much of November
The developers of Canada’s COVID Alert app fixed a glitch last week that left some users without exposure notifications for much of November. An update to...
Cold weather brings wet masks and other pandemic-related challenges
There is a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon. But first, winter. We’ve been hearing the warnings for weeks. It’s going to be a...
Alberta planning COVID-19 field hospitals for 750 patients, internal document shows
An internal Alberta government document shows the province has been planning for more than a week to set up indoor field hospitals to...
Alberta’s hospital system under significant strain, says medical official
The latest: November was the worst month for the pandemic in Alberta so far, with cases going from 6,002 active cases of COVID-19 Nov....
Parents welcome asymptomatic COVID-19 tests in schools, even if the news isn’t always good
It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster weekend for Toronto father Yaser Nadaf, after Ontario’s new asymptomatic testing for schools in COVID-19 hot spots...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The latest: COVID-19 case numbers are continuing their slow but steady rise across most of Atlantic Canada. Health officials in New Brunswick reported 14...
Rogers says plans for Blue Jays’ stadium on hold amid pandemic despite report of possible demolition
Rogers Communications Inc. says it was exploring the future of its Toronto stadium prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the virus has caused it to put...
Death threats, overcrowding and few masks: A TTC driver speaks out about life during COVID-19
Usually it’s dirty looks or insults, but sometimes, bus drivers working in Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots are subjected to much worse. One bus driver...
How the health system is addressing vaccine hesitancy, a looming hurdle in race to end pandemic
Tanya Hayles is not an anti-vaxxer. The Torontonian has made sure her eight-year-old son Jackson is up to date with the standard vaccines,...
Doug Fung was released from hospital. 9 days later, he died from COVID-19 complications
When Doug Fung was released from North Vancouver’s Lion’s Gate Hospital, where he was being treated for cancer, his wife Bronwyn James knew something was...
40% COVID-19 test positivity rate for Steinbach, Man., region raises concerns
As COVID-19 case numbers grow across Manitoba, there’s a spike occurring south of Winnipeg in Steinbach that has health-care workers and residents deeply concerned....
New business ventures help Canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed U.S. land border
Despite the Canada-U.S. land border closure to non-essential traffic, Canadian snowbirds Bernard Loiselle and Sylvie Charbonneau are on their way to Florida — in...
How COVID-19 has forged new friendships
Candice Makhan never accepts Facebook friends she doesn’t know. For some reason, she decided to accept a random request from Ruth Castellanos. Both got sick...
Rising COVID-19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures, extending holiday break
The possibility of COVID-19 forcing another widespread school shutdown worries Theresa Morris, as her seven-year-old returned to her Surrey, B.C., school only about a month ago....
