Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

Some events are attempting virtual versions, but when it comes right down to it, clinking glasses over Zoom or drinking together by the light of your phone screen isn’t quite the same as walking from booth to booth in a giant field filled with hundreds or thousands of fellow beer lovers.

One of the global companies trialing vaccines for COVID-19 has announced a 90 per cent success rate.

Employers need caution around layoffs, surveillance and constructive dismissals

'This is an additional recommendation, just to add another layer of protection,' says Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam

Isolation, loneliness, and Zoom.

Incidental travel — vacations, day trips and cross-border shopping excursions — has been forbidden since March in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. 

Sarah Kirby-Yung points out Delta, TransLink and B.C. Ferries have mandatory mask policies

City to buy, lease hotels, open shelters, move homeless people into 2400 Motel

Kennedy Stewart says buying or leasing buildings best option to bring relief to people on street

Senior government money crucial for any options to proceed