When oh when will the lockdown end? It's a question the people of Ontario — particularly those who live in regions like Toronto and Peel, where harsh COVID-19 restrictions have been in place for nearly half a year — really want to know. Unfortunately, the people in charge of such...
Quebec is reporting 919 new cases and five more deaths attributable to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis Friday. It marks the fifth consecutive day that the daily tally of new infections has been under 1,000 as the province deals with the third wave of the pandemic. Montreal reported the most new...
A technical error could have resulted in underreported case count numbers today, according to Public Health Ontario. Public Health Ontario has reported 3,166 new cases of COVID-19 today (May 7). However, the provincial update indicates a technical issue today may cause the case counts to be underreported for central east,...
A man who went on a racist tirade and grabbed a masked female Chinese student on a TTC bus at the start of the pandemic has been handed four months house arrest. In sentencing Michael Hennessey, 47, for assault, the Ontario court judge noted the physical attack was relatively minor...
After a long run as the most expensive city in Canada to rent in, Toronto rental prices have fallen below Vancouver. A new report from liv.rent took a look at rental prices in Canada’s three major cities — Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal — for the first quarter of 2021. It...
Adriana Londono says the death of her 12-year-old daughter is a reflection of the lack of supports both of them have faced. A Grade 6 student at Gordon Head Middle School, Allayah “Ally” Yoli Thomas was struggling. “They’re not like me,” Ally would tell Londono. She preferred to hangout with Langford...
Albertans born in 1991 or earlier were able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday. Slots through Alberta Health Services and available pharmacies opened at 8 a.m. While there were reports on social media of queues of tens of thousands of people – not unlike every other opening day in...
Manitoba reported four deaths associated with COVID-19 on Thursday and 363 new cases — the highest one-day increase in about five months. The province hasn't announced that many cases in one day since Dec. 11 (excluding a day during the holidays when multiple days worth of new cases were released)....
The Alberta government is introducing new enforcement measures for those not following current COVID-19 public health orders, including doubling the basic fine for offenders. In order to reinforce the importance of following public health orders and the consequences of not doing so, the Alberta government announced on Tuesday that it...
People aged 50 and older across Ontario are among a number of new groups who can book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting today. The province announced Wednesday the 50-and-older age group, in addition to those with high-risk health conditions, and a number of employees who cannot work from home are...