COVID-19

• Unsustainable workload leads to cancellation of Ontario craft beer festival: organizers

  Organizers of the decade-old Kawartha Craft Beer Festival in Peterborough, Ont., say an unsustainable workload has forced them to cancel their event permanently.

  Canada

  Jan 7
  
• Quebec joins Alberta in ending free COVID-19 shots, may charge $180 per dose

  Only specific groups will continue to be eligible for subsidized vaccines, including people with chronic health conditions, those aged 65 and older, and health-care workers.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2025
  
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• Moderna’s latest COVID-19 vaccine is both approved and ‘made in Canada’

  An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2025
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• Alberta sets price at $100 for those who must pay for COVID-19 vaccine this fall

  The price is one of the details now rolled out by the province as part of its two-phase plan to deliver the shots free to some but with a fee for others.

  Health

  Aug 22, 2025
• Pfizer says Canada just approved its new COVID-19 vaccine for this fall

  Pfizer said Health Canada has approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine that targets a new Omicron variant. It will be made available in the fall.

  Health

  Aug 19, 2025
• Canada’s vaccine injury program declared her dead. But she’s not

  Asked about being declared deceased while battling a life-altering condition that left her partially disabled, a B.C. woman choked up: 'It really didn't feel good, you know?'

  Investigations

  Aug 15, 2025
• Ontario civil servants will return to office full time, ending pandemic-era rules

  The government said staff who are going to work three days a week will move to four days in October, moving toward a full return by Jan. 5, 2026.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2025
• ‘I am on it’: Health minister accelerates audit of vaccine injury program

  "I cannot add any comment more for now, but I am on it," Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated when a reporter pressed for more information about the accelerated audit.

  Investigations

  Jul 23, 2025
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• Health Minister: Ottawa will try to improve Vaccine Injury Support Program

  'We are tracking it. It's unacceptable what we heard about this ... We will try to improve,' Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in brief remarks about the VISP program.

  Investigations

  Jul 21, 2025
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• Tory MPs, health group call for investigation and overhaul of vaccine support program

  'The Liberals handed out tens of millions of dollars to high priced consultants while the very Canadians this program was intended to help have been neglected,' the Tory MPs said.

  Investigations

  Jul 18, 2025