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UBC-led research shows the COVID-19 vaccine helps protect pregnant people from giving birth prematurely and from getting severely ill. As Kylie Stanton reports, data from nearly 20,000 women forms one of the largest datasets worldwide.

The 2025 Alberta budget projects a $5.2-billion deficit this fiscal year — the first time in the red since the COVID-19-era budget of 2020. Hundreds of education support workers on strike protest outside the legislature. The statue of controversial women’s rights pioneer and eugenics supporter Emily Murphy has been stolen from the park bearing her...

With cold and flu season ramping up, doctors are warning about the potential ‘quad-demic’—a combination of influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and norovirus. Meanwhile, the U.S. bans red dye number 3 due to health risk. Plus, Dr. Iris Gorfinkel hits us with “Quack Attack,” as she breaks down the week’s top health stories to keep you informed...

Finally, a light at the end of the long, dark COVID-19 tunnel. Canada could get its first vaccines as early as next week. Ted Chernecki has the details, including who’s likely to get the shots first.

Canadians learn new details about federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The deadline facing federal workers, train travelers and plane passengers across the country who have yet to get their shots. The urgent demands for Ottawa to step in to ease the strain on Canada’s health care system. How cancelled surgeries during Alberta’s fourth wave has taken...

Air Canada has announced it will make a new COVID-19 testing option available for its customers, which will allow them to test themselves before coming into the country. Ted Chernecki has the details.

Planning a wedding is tough, especially through COVID-19. Bridal Fantasy is back, and experts John Harmon and Nia Paversi share the latest trends and offer tips for brides to prepare for their wedding in a pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the permanent closure of a downtown fixture: the Bar-B Barn will not re-open its doors when Montreal restaurants are given the green-light to do so on Monday. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

TransLink wants Metro Vancouver’s mayors to make changes to some of the region’s busiest bus routes, to make transit more appealing to people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ted Chernecki has the details.

Deputy city operations manager Gord Cebryk shares more information about the City of Edmonton increasing mowing and trimming grass and weeds in July, after cutting back this spring to save money due to COVID-19 fiscal strains. He said 101 seasonal staff will be brought back in order to do the work.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant declined in the global economy, and has impacted everyone around the world in some shape or form. However, the demographic taking the biggest economic hit is the younger generations. New data shows 52% of Americans under the age of 45 and 35% of Canadians between the ages...

The Canadian Red Cross will be receiving $100M in federal funding amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday. Trudeau, who addressed Canadians outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa during his daily briefing, said that money would go toward the Red Cross’s response to both COVID-19 and natural disasters like floods or...

COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-packing plants across Canada have led to a shortage of food inspectors, with dozens infected and others in fear of falling ill. As David Akin explains, that’s putting extra strain on the country’s already bruised food supply.

New numbers coming out of the annual general meeting of TransLink show just how hard the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the transit system. Ted Chernecki reports.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday called upon the Canadian federal government to invest funds into child care as part of the country’s financial and economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Singh added that reliable child care could be a barrier for some parents, especially women, to go back to work.

The Canadian Transportation Agency has lost its bid to toss out an Air Passenger Rights case involving the fight for cash refunds for COVID-19 cancelled flights. Ted Chernecki reports.

The Canadian Transportation Agency has lost its bid to toss out an Air Passenger Rights case involving the fight for cash refunds for COVID-19 cancelled flights. Ted Chernecki reports.

As the number of cases of COVID 19 grows in Quebec, officials are imposing more measures for red zones. On Monday, team sports activities are cancelled and mask wearing is expanded in schools.

Ontario’s second wave of COVID-19 has led the province to follow Quebec’s lead and impose restrictions on businesses in hard-hit areas for a second time. Cases are surging in Alberta as well, but officials there are hoping people will follow guidelines voluntarily. Jeff Semple explains.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday that the announcement made by the federal government about new COVID-19 rapid test developed by Abbott laboratories is an absolute “game changer” and thanked the prime minister and the deputy prime minister for listening to provinces’ concerns.