Alberta reported 1,100 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours. In a modified update because of the Christmas break, Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Thursday that hospitalizations were "increasing" however the number of patients in intensive care was "stable." No new hospitalization or ICU numbers or deaths were released. The new...
The Ministry of Health reported 412 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, after performing 11,028 tests in its latest 24-hour stretch. It now marks the sixth straight day that the province has failed to meet its goal of 16,000 tests a day, or its max capacity of 21,000. It’s...
Ontario health officials identified 178 new cases of COVID-19 in its latest 24-hour stretch, when it also reported that six people died and 175 people recovered. Of the new cases, 133 of them are located in the Greater Toronto Area. There were 82 cases among people between the ages of...
Michelle Fernandes could almost see her home from the steps of the Sheraton Four Points hotel near Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. She had flown all the way from New Delhi that morning, but lives nearby in Mississauga, the suburban municipality where Pearson is located. Yet instead of heading to...
Police say they are investigating the death of a toddler in southeast Calgary. Emergency crews were called to a home in the community of Midnapore around 2:15 a.m. Thursday and found a two-year-old girl in medical distress. Police say the child was taken to hospital by ambulance but later died. They say...
Mounties are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving the Edmonton International Airport with a man. Kara Giesbrecht, a resident of Abbotsford, B.C., was reported missing by her family on Saturday. She was last known to have taken a flight to the Edmonton International Airport and...
Winnipeg police officers are investigating the death of a man who was killed Sunday morning in a shooting. Police said general patrol units were called to the 400 block of Young Street around 8:46 a.m. on Sunday after receiving a report that a man had been shot. When they arrived, officers...
Funds are now being raised for the funeral of a 13-year-old Brampton girl who is one of the youngest Canadians to die after contracting COVID-19. Emily Viegas died on April 22, just days after first exhibiting symptoms and five days after testing positive for the virus. Her father tells the Globe...
Following last weekend’s big box store inspections in the Toronto and Hamilton areas Queen’s Park says it will visit an expanded range of workplaces across Ontario. It’s an effort to ensure retailers and businesses are in step with COVID-19 health and safety requirements to protect workers and customers. Inspectors last weekend...
Doug Ford wants people to hold on just a little longer. Ontario's populist premier speaks softly into the camera at a recent news conference, his tone subdued, almost pleading. He says he knows people have “COVID fatigue,” but there is a vaccine. The economy will recover. The province will bounce back. “We...