Canada

A second worker at a poultry plant in Blumenort, Man. has died from COVID-19 , according to the union representing workers at the plant. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 832 announced the death of the worker at the Exceldor Plant on Sunday. “This Member had previously contracted COVID-19...

Four new cases of COVID-19 have been identified, increasing Saskatchewan’s case count to 757. Three of the new cases were diagnosed in Saskatchewan, while one involves a resident who was tested out of province. There is one case each in the North and the South, and two in the...

Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have diagnosed two new patients in the Western Health region, increasing the province’s total case count to 244. The cause of both patients’ transmission is linked to travel. Among the total cases, nine are in hospital, including three in intensive care, while 133 people...

Public health officials are announcing four more COVID-19-related deaths and 161 new cases of the virus in Manitoba. Announced in the province’s daily COVID-19 bulletin on Sunday, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 70s died from the disease and are both linked to the outbreak at...

An arbitrator says a former Canadian Pacific train conductor who was fired over social media posts is entitled to monetary compensation, but not to getting her job back at the railway company. Stephanie Katelnikoff was dismissed in November 2017 over disparaging remarks she made about the company online as well...

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Waterloo Region has gone up for the first time in over two weeks as health officials reported 72 new cases on Saturday. The last time the active case count increased, it was on Jan. 21 and went up by four cases. On Saturday,...

A horrific crash has claimed the lives of three people along Highway 3, in the Crowsnest Pass, east of Sparwood, B.C. A news release from the Elk Valley RCMP said that on Monday, June 6, around 2:30 p.m., a westbound SUV was attempting to pass when it collided head-on with...

Quebec is reporting 2,519 new cases linked to the novel coronavirus Thursday as the health crisis rages on. The province, which has been a hot spot for the virus since the pandemic began, has a caseload of 220,518. Recoveries now stand at 186,996. There are 74 additional deaths in the province....

Accused identified as Kirk Keeping, 35, from St. Jacques. Kirk Keeping, 35, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Chantel John of Conne River. the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they arrested Keeping, who hails from nearby St. Jacques, late Thursday. The accused appeared before a provincial court...

Brantford police say they have solved a nearly four-decade-old investigation into the disappearance of Mary Hammond. Police identified the man they say is responsible for her abduction and murder, and it’s all thanks to advancements in DNA analysis. Larry Hammond last saw his wife Mary before she left to walk to work...