Top Results For: pandemic

People aren’t paying attention to COVID-19 as much as they once did but years later, there are some Albertans who continue to suffer. People with long COVID say the disease has impacted everything from their relationships to work and daily life is a struggle. As Sarah Komadina explains, some sufferers are battling with WCB after...

Kids participation in sports across the province is back up to pre-pandemic levels, according to Sport Manitoba. While registration numbers are being celebrated, it’s also coming with additional challenges. Teagan Rasche has more on the state of kids sports in Manitoba.

Some long-term care homes in B.C. say the end of special pandemic-era funding is making it difficult to provide their residents with any more than the basic level of care. Aaron McArthur reports.

Thousands of Canadian restaurants closed in 2025, with thousands more projected to suffer the same fate this year. That as more than three times as many Manitoba restaurants aren’t making money compared to before the pandemic. Vasilios Bellos reports.

After more than half a century, a group of former classmates from a rural high school is proving that friendship — and a good tradition — can stand the test of time. Jesse Reynolds went to Harrowsmith to see how one idea sparked during the pandemic has turned into a regular reunion.

More Albertans demand the province improve the health-care system in the wake of an Edmonton father’s ER waiting room death. Second-degree murder charges are laid after a couple was killed near Grande Prairie in what RCMP called a targeted shooting. Edmonton digs out from a massive Christmas snowfall. Long COVID sufferers speak out, years after...

While some GTA transit agencies have bounced back from the pandemic, ridership remains low on the TTC. The transit commission is expected to miss budgeted ridership projections in 2025 due to lower-than-expected returns to the office and a drop in international students. Matthew Bingley reports.

A recent study warns social media is driving an increase in disordered eating behaviours among B.C. teens. As Kylie Stanton reports, it’s something experts say has become more prevalent since the pandemic. 

Premier François Legault acknowledged Friday he has taken another political hit after Christian Dubé stepped down as health minister and quit the CAQ. Dubé leaves behind a complicated legacy as the health system’s top bureaucrat, a role he assumed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan Spector looks back at Dubé’s tenure and examines...

Kelowna has the highest unemployment rate in Canada. It is now even higher than it was during the peak of the pandemic. Victoria Femia has the details.

Interior Health is moving to having one overnight physician watching over four emergency departments using virtual care. And Kelowna now has the highest unemployment rate in Canada at 11 per cent – even higher than during the pandemic.

WATCH: How did you get creative during the pandemic? One Saskatchewan man got a bit creative, inventing a game that brings light to a sensitive subject.

The warnings of more public drug use and overdoses issued ahead of the Ford Government’s shift away from supervised consumption sites are now becoming a reality several months after the policy change. While reported overdoses are down, the head of Toronto Public Health says those numbers were already trending down from pandemic heights and it’s...

The Canadian Federation of Business is encouraging shoppers to support local. This as Kelowna’s unemployment rate continues to rise to levels not seen since the the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kelowna’s unemployment level is worse than during the pandemic. The rate is up to 9.3 in October 2025 compared to 7.1 in September. Vernon’s mayor is asking for a safety review of City Hall after a member of the public approached him quite aggressively in late October.

Bars and restaurants, which took a massive hit during the pandemic, are getting a major boost this year thanks to the Toronto Blue Jays. As Caryn Lieberman reports, this week alone could be a home run.

The Cooperative Care Centre has been providing shelter and food to the unhoused community in Brockville since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a lack of funding could mean the shelter will have to close its doors at the end of the year.

Parental trust in childhood vaccines has declined following the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new international study. The findings suggest it may be contributing to the global rise measles cases. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Oct. 28, 2025. 

WATCH: University of Saskatchewan researchers are thinking outside of the box to turn the prairies into a powerhouse for vaccine research. Payton Zillich takes us to the USask quanTA lab to get an inside look on their research.

Doctors across Canada are struggling with high rates of burnout and depression even five years after the COVID-19 pandemic. New data from the Canadian Medical Association highlights several contributing factors. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on what’s at stake if the problem is not fully addressed.