Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

The new Saskatchewan Rivers School Division Distance Learning Centre is operating and has over 600 students in both English and French Immersion programming.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor is thanking supporters after revealing she has faced abuse and death threats related to her public health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr.

REGINA — Saskatchewan health officials have fined a person $2,000 for not self-isolating while showing symptoms of COVID-19, bringing the total amount of penalties levied in the province to more than $20,000.

NDP leader John Horgan took his party’s election campaign to the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference Sept. 24 in lieu of what was billed as the premier’s address. Horgan had called a snap election Sept.

B.C. recorded the second-highest number of new COVID-19 cases within a 24-hour period on September 24: 148. The all-time high so far was on September 17, when 165 new cases were identified.

Renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood says she grew up in the 1950s surrounded by biologists, with dinner conversation covering extreme pollution, habitat loss and interconnected species.

The only COVID-19 testing clinic operating in the Tri-Cities is shutting its doors next week, citing a lack of staff and resources. The Influenza Like Illness Assessment Clinic in Port Coquitlam is set to close Friday Oct.

The future of commercial real estate and how companies work is in a state of flux as a result of COVID-19, businesspeople and analysts say.

OTTAWA — The federal government is "lining up advance deals" to buy rapid tests for COVID-19 so as soon as the technology is approved for use in Canada, it can be put to work, says Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

OTTAWA — The federal government is "lining up advance deals" to buy rapid tests for COVID-19 so as soon as the technology is approved for use in Canada, it can be put to work, says Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.