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Susan Scarbro stares down a bowling lane at the distant pins. She hears a sound that breaks her focus. Was that a cough? Will her mask protect her? COVID-19 remains a very present threat for the 55-year-old.

TORONTO — Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public Health Agency of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says.

British Columbia has one of the lowest COVID-19 test positivity rates in the country, at about half the national rate.

Five years on, the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still with us, though humanity has built up immunity through vaccinations and infections.

Health officials expect the peak of respiratory illness this season will be in the coming weeks.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Emergency Business Account program lent 898,000 small businesses $49.1 billion to help cover expenses such as rent and payroll during the pandemic.

VANCOUVER — A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a "deeply religious" British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years ago for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board.

The 330 plaintiffs in the case each sought $1 million in damages. The judge's ruling means they will have to pay a $5,040 legal bill instead.

The first day of flu and COVID shots set a single-day record, with 82,000 shots administered through sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ pharmacies