Montreal public health reported 229 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the city since the start of the pandemic to 32,292. One more person has died due to the disease in the city, for a total of 3,478. Quebec health officials announced...
Another 10 Manitobans with COVID-19 have died and health officials reported 383 new infections Thursday. The latest cases bring the province’s total number of cases to 15,288 and 266 deaths from the virus have been reported since March. Hospitalization rates continued to climb Thursday with 307 reported, up from the previous...
Second-degree murder charges have been laid against a Hamilton man accused in relation to the death of Niagara winemaker Paul Pender. Pender died last week at a home in Selkirk. Officers with the OPP Haldimand detachment responded to a call on Feb. 3 to a home on Smelsers Cove Lane....
Legislation passed in Alberta on Wednesday night that allows for workers to receive three hours of paid leave so they can get the COVID-19 vaccine without losing wages. Bill 71 passed just hours after Alberta’s UCP government announced its plan to bring in the provision. “We have heard there are concerns...
Ontario is reporting another 1,135 COVID-19 cases and 19 more deaths, according to its latest report released Thursday morning. Ontario has administered 143,748 vaccine doses since its last daily update, with 8,530,698 vaccines given in total as of 8 p.m. the previous night. According to the Star’s vaccine tracker, 7,935,844 people...
After a week of reporting fewer than 100 cases of COVID-19, Ontario announced 115 new patients on Monday. It marks the biggest increase to Ontario’s total case count since Aug. 2. Of the most recent patients, 20 were identified in Ottawa, 19 in Peel, 16 in Toronto, 12 in Windsor-Essex and...
An Ontario nurse is facing charges in connection with the alleged assault of a two-year-old boy with “significant medical limitations” in Niagara Region. Niagara Regional Police said they were called to an address in Thorold on Aug. 5. When they arrived, officers discovered a two-year-old boy who had sustained serious injuries,...
Starting today, York Region Public Health is beginning the process of delivering Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to long-term care homes in York Region. “This is an exciting and hopeful step forward in our fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Karim Kurji, York Region’s Medical Officer of Health. “By prioritizing vaccines for...
Ontario reported 1,426 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 468 new cases in Peel, 384 in Toronto, 180 in York Region, 63 in Durham and 62 in Hamilton. The province confirmed 15 more COVID-19 death, bringing the total to 3,275. Ontario completed 36,707 tests in the last 24 hours, with 34,460...
RCMP say six people have been charged with human trafficking over allegations they brought workers into Canada from Mexico to work through their companies. Police say the foreign nationals entered Canada as visitors through airports in Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton, Ont., and then worked through employment agencies operated by the...