Manitoba reported 491 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths from the virus Friday, as modelling numbers show daily case counts and ICU numbers likely to rise in the coming weeks. Dr. Jazz Atwal, the deputy chief public health officer, says the current spike in case numbers and hospitalization rates...
A third case of the new COVID-19 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom has been confirmed in Ottawa, provincial health officials reported on Sunday. The person recently travelled from the U.K., according to the Ministry of Health. Ottawa Public Health has informed the individual, who is now in self-isolation,...
The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting 72 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, but no new deaths. The slight rise in cases follows a dip to 47 on Monday, likely caused in part by an outage in the provincial data system. Over the weekend at total of 192 cases were reported. The...
One of the workers injured in the Sept. 2 explosion at the refinery in Come By Chance, N.L., has died, refinery owner Braya Renewables said. The explosion at the refinery about 150 kilometres west of St. John's sent eight people to hospital. Six workers have returned home, and one remains...
Environment Canada updated its weather warnings for strong winds and “severe” thunderstorms in the Ottawa-Gatineau region Friday, as heavy rainfall descended on the National Capital Region. According to the advisory, “very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow vehicles off the road.” The agency also warns that...
The province continues to see strong recovery from COVID-19, as its new daily cases remain below 200. Seventy-four new cases were identified on Monday, and three deaths related to COVID-19 were also reported. Health Minister Christian Dubé reminded owners of bars and nightclubs on Monday that they must comply with...
An Abbotsford mom who gave birth to her son while in an induced coma because of COVID-19 has come off the ventilator and was finally able to meet her baby over the weekend. According to an update Wednesday (Dec. 15) on the GoFundMe page for the family, Gillian McIntosh was...
British Columbia's records for daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were broken Friday in the last pandemic update of the week from health officials. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced another 617 infections, topping the previous high of 589 that was just set on Thursday. The...
Quebec reached a grim milestone on Tuesday, as the province reported an additional 102 COVID-19-related deaths. The province also reported an additional 807 cases, bringing the total number of cases in Quebec to 20,126. - Nova Scotia reports another COVID-19 death Sixteen new cases were identified in Nova Scotia on Tuesday,...
One new case of COVID-19 has been identified at the Manoir de la Vallée long-term care facility in Atholville, N.B. It’s the latest case in the Campbellton region, and part of its largest cluster. However, there remains 164 total patients, since one of its cases was actually a false positive,...