On Monday, the province reported that the death toll related to COVID-19 remained flat at 2,689. It’s the first time there have been zero reported deaths in a day for Ontario since March. The Ministry of Health did report 154 new cases, however, a slight increase compared to the amount...
Quebec reported 1,079 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday which marks the third straight day that it has surpassed the 1,000-case mark. A day earlier, Canada’s worst hit province reported 1,107 new cases— the second most ever in a 24-hour stretch — and on Friday there were 1,052 new cases....
New Brunswick is reporting two new COVID-19 cases, dropping the total of active cases to 65 in the province. On Sunday, the province issued a release with details about the two new cases. The new cases are two people in their 60s in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) and are self-isolating. The...
The Ontario government is extending its COVID-19 emergency orders until April 23—and adding some new ones—as the provincial case count rises by 411 people to 6,648. The government also reported on Saturday that 253 people have died of the virus in Ontario. A total of 2,858 people in the...
Health officials in Manitoba have diagnosed one new patient with COVID-19, increasing its total case count to 281. There are still 38 active active cases since 237 people have recovered, an increase of one in the past 24 hours. Five people are now in hospital (a decrease of one since...
When Mary Rose Manzano-Leal called Filipino employees of a coronavirus-stricken meat-packing plant in Alberta last month, the physician says they expressed relief as soon she began speaking their language. "When I tell them that I can speak Tagalog ... they suddenly perk up and become interested in speaking with me." Across...
A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know whether it has found a possible cure for the pandemic. And a leading health-care expert says the findings are promising...
The man who struck an officer with his vehicle on Whitemud Drive early Thursday morning died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. According to the Edmonton Police Service, officers were managing traffic for an oversized load on Whitemud Drive when a vehicle drove through and struck an officer standing...
Ontario will go into a province-wide lockdown on Dec. 26 for a minimum of two weeks in northern regions of the province and four weeks in southern areas. Here is a list of what is open and what is closed under Ontario’s second-wave lockdown: What’s closed: Education Most in-person education at post-secondary...
Ontario reported 634 new cases of COVID-19 and 54 more deaths on Thursday, as it extended emergency orders to continue the closure of parks, non-essential workplaces and restaurants for another two weeks. The latest data reported by public health officials Thursday represents the largest single day increase in cases, bringing...