Canada

Regional active cases increase to 204 with 12 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 11 in Kawartha Lakes, 10 in Peterborough, 3 in Northumberland, 1 in Haliburton Here’s an update on COVID-19 cases in Ontario as well as in the greater Kawarthas region. After 2 days of fewer than 3,000 cases,...

A B.C. man and his two dogs escaped serious injury following a suspected grizzly bear attack on Tuesday afternoon. According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS), the attack happened in the Shuswap, with the man suffering bites to his leg after the bear came charging out of the bush. The...

A female is dead following an overnight collision in Brampton, Peel police say. Shortly after 12:15 a.m. on Thursday, police responded to reports of a collision involving two vehicles on Winston Churchill Boulevard, north of Steeles Avenue. A female victim was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said. The cause of the...

The federal government is expected to end nearly two years of mystery on Thursday and reveal its plan to build a new, long overdue heavy icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. The announcement has been highly anticipated by shipyards in Vancouver and Quebec that have been fighting tooth and nail...

A third person has died this week as a result of COVID-19 at a special care home in Grand Falls, N.B. The province announced the death, which involved a person in their 70s, on Wednesday. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 39. The person was a...

Two more deaths linked to COVID-19 have pushed the total past the 500 mark. The province announced two more deaths Wednesday to lift the total to 501 with two people in their 70s, one from the Regina zone and one from the Saskatoon zone. The number who have died in...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced on Wednesday that the province’s vaccine rollout will expand to include anyone over the age of 12 years old by May 10. “Today, I am pleased to announce that by this coming Monday, every single Albertan over the age of 12 will be eligible to...

Alberta is cracking down on repeat offenders breaking COVID-19 health rules by better coordinating the responses of multiple government agencies, Justice Minister and Solicitor General Kaycee Madu said Wednesday morning. Madu said that, along with increasing fines for public health violations to $2,000 from $1,000, the government has created new...

Two more Manitobans with COVID-19 have died, and health officials say one of the victims had been infected with the B.1.1.7 variant of concern, first identified in the United Kingdom. It’s the third day in a row a death has been linked to the more-contagious strain of the virus in...

Manitoba expanded age eligibility today for COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 45 and older, with plans for everyone 12 and up to be able to book within the next three weeks. All adults should be eligible to schedule a vaccination appointment by May 21, Johanu Botha, co-lead of the vaccine implementation...