Health officials in New Brunswick reported two new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and one more COVID-19-related death. A person in their 80s died Thursday morning at the Villa des Jardins long-term care home in Edmundston, in the northwest of the province, chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell told...
DriveBC says the Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope is closed until noon on Monday (Nov. 15). Additionally, a rock slide south of Spuzzum has closed the Trans Canada Highway between Lytton and Hope. Detours are available via Highway 3 and 99. A travel advisory is also in effect on the...
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, said she had hopes back in March that COVID-19 would be managed worldwide before it became a widespread global pandemic. “I had some hopes then, and they have been dashed, that we might be able to actually control it globally and stop the...
The Ontario government is moving to activate an “emergency brake” for four weeks across the entire province in response to rising COVID-19 cases and strained capacity at intensive care units. While the move came after an hours-long meeting of the Ontario cabinet on Wednesday, several health-care professionals in the province...
Canadian residents are allowed to head to the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine and avoid quarantine on return if they meet some straightforward conditions, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirms. Those conditions include having a note from a licensed health-care provider in Canada that the inoculation is medically...
P.E.I. restaurants are now allowed to open their dining rooms, but some are choosing not to. Charlottetown's Masjid Dar As-Salam mosque has reopened for daily prayers. More visitor restrictions have been eased at P.E.I. health facilities. In the legislature Tuesday, the Liberals pressed for details on the plan for students this fall. More...
The Province of Ontario just took a major step forward in its pursuit to end our widely-reviled biannual clock change ritual once and for all. Now, all we need is for Quebec and the State of New York to play along. A private members bill called "The Time Amendment Act," tabled...
Vancouver Police say one man is dead and two others are in hospital suffering from serious injuries after a vehicle incident in the city's south side neighbourhood. Police say the man's death is Vancouver's 14th homicide this year. A Vancouver Police statement says officers discovered the three victims after responding to...
Canada Dry settled in court for $200,000 with a B.C. man who claimed the company falsely advertised its ginger content to have medicinal properties. Most of the $200,000 will be going to a legal foundation. The plaintiff, Victor Cardoso, started a class action lawsuit on Jan. 21, 2019, on behalf of...
Ottawa's key COVID-19 indicators continue to rise, as the capital surpasses 10,000 total cases of novel coronavirus during the pandemic. Ottawa Public Health reported 122 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, along with no new deaths linked to the virus. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11,...