Canada

Keira Knightley has dropped out of Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent. She was lined up to play the lead role in the streaming service's adaptation of Sarah Perry's 2016 novel, which follows a widow named Cora who relocates to Essex with her young son and becomes intrigued by a...

Ontario has deployed an emergency management team to Windsor-Essex to help deal with a large COVID-19 outbreak on a farm, Premier Doug Ford said Friday as he apologized for previously suggesting migrant workers were hiding to avoid getting tested for the novel coronavirus. Ford said the team from Emergency Management...

Public Health Ontario has reported 945 new cases of COVID-19 today (Feb. 11), which is the lowest daily report since Oct. 30. However, today's update notes Toronto Public Health case counts are under-reported today. Today's report includes 18 new deaths, nine were residents at long-term care homes. The deaths reported today...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced that on June 22, all day camps can open in the province. He said there will be a variety of measures put in place, including smaller groups and physician distancing guidelines. “It’s very important for kids to play outside, to play together,” the premier said. “I...

Saskatchewan is reporting 15 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 1,445. The government reported five new cases in the Regina area, one in the north west region, one in the Saskatoon area, one in the central west region, three in the south west and three...

As of today, Dec. 19, Nova Scotia has 46 active cases of COVID-19. Two new cases are being reported today. One new case is in Western Zone and the other is in Eastern Zone. Both cases are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. As...

Health officials in Manitoba have identified six new cases of COVID-19, but have not provided additional details on the individuals. Health officials said in a tweet that their online data will be updated on Monday, which will include more information. Throughout this week, Manitoba has identified 18 cases of COVID-19....

A total of 1,340 people have died in Quebec after contracting COVID-19, after health officials recorded 97 more fatalities in their latest 24-hour stretch. The death toll surpasses Quebec’s most optimistic modelling data projection. On April 7, health officials said that by April 30, the province could see between 1,263...

Quebec is reporting 769 new cases of COVID-19 today and 14 additional deaths linked to the disease, including four within the past 24 hours. The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations declined by 23 to 700. It says 120 people are in intensive care, a decline of seven from the...

Ontario will go into a strict province-wide lockdown on Dec. 26, forcing nearly all non-essential businesses to close. The lockdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 26 and will last until Jan. 23 for all regions in southern Ontario, the government has announced. The health units not in southern...