Ontario reported 5,979 new COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths over a two-day span on Monday, as admissions to intensive care units (ICU) continue to rise. There were 3,041 new infections on Saturday, and 2,938 new cases on Sunday. The province did not report its Saturday data on Sunday due to...
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are taking over a homicide investigation after a Six Nations woman was found dead in the Humber River earlier this month. Police say the body of 56-year-old Ruth Ann Longboat of Six Nations Reserve was pulled from the water on the morning of March 8, 2022. In...
On Saturday, the province reported 3,127 new COVID-19 cases recorded over the previous day, the highest daily total the province has reported since the pandemic began. The number is significantly higher than the average number of cases, 2,522, recorded over the previous six days. The province reported 41 more people have...
A 14-year-old was in custody and awaiting a bail hearing Monday after a weekend fight in a park on Vancouver’s west side led to the death of a 15-year-old, police said. Sgt. Steve Addison said the victim, who can’t be named because of his age, died Sunday after undergoing surgery...
Nunavut's two-week lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 was lifted in almost all communities Wednesday as the territory had more recovered than active cases for the first time. Schools, businesses and workplaces were allowed to reopen, except in Arviat, which had 65 active cases. The coastal community on the...
Ontario reported 441 additional cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a third straight day of increasing new daily cases after the province officially entered its first phase of reopening earlier this week. The number of tests processed by Ontario's network of labs yesterday was 11, 276, still short of its own...
A 63-year-old man was found dead inside an apartment in East Kildonan on Sunday. Winnipeg police were called around 11 a.m. to the building on Prevette Street, off Munroe Avenue. No information on the death has been provided by police, who called it a homicide. The victim has been identified as Arnel...
The Government of Saskatchewan reported 189 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with two deaths. There were 121 cases identified as variants of concern. Of the two deaths, one person was in their 70s from the Far North West zone. The other was a person in the 19 and...
Parti Quebecois MNA Harold LeBel was arrested Tuesday morning for sexual assault, according to media reports. The Sûreté du Québec confirmed they had arrested a 58-year-old suspect in Rimouski in connection with a sexual offence but did not confirm his identity. LeBel, MNA for Rimouski, is 58. Investigators will meet...
On Monday, Nova Scotia said it is expanding its capacity to test for COVID-19, and its lab will begin 24/7 operations starting immediately. The province announced it had added 31 new cases, bringing the provincial total to 293. Nova Scotia health officials said there are confirmed cases of community spread...