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...
Saskatchewan health officials are reporting another 245 new cases of COVID-19, based on 3,122 tests, as well as one more death. The latest person to die in connection with the virus that causes COVID-19 was in their 60s and from the province's far northwest zone, which currently has 83 active...
Council for a northern municipality has voted to declare a state of local emergency to try to stop the spread of COVID-19. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray, held a special meeting on Sunday to discuss concerns about the novel coronavirus. Officials say a state of emergency...
The Manitoba government is tightening some of the province’s COVID-19 public health orders amid growing daily case counts and a concerning rise in the spread of more-contagious variants of concern. The latest changes to the orders, which include a ban on both indoor and outdoor visits between households, kick...
The Quebec government is reporting 1,014 new cases of COVID-19 today as well as nine additional deaths due to the pandemic, including six in the last 24 hours. Hospitalizations declined for a fourth straight day, down by eight to 654. Of those, 165 patients are in intensive care, which is 16...
Ontario is reporting 3,510 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. The provincial total now stands at 448,861. Monday’s case count is lower than Sunday’s 3,947 new infections and is the second day in a row cases have been lower than 4,000. According to Monday’s report, 1,015 cases were recorded in Toronto, 909...
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...
Toronto is expected to announce its first workplace closures today under new rules meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. Public health units in both Toronto and Peel introduced the rules, which allow them to shutter establishments where five or more workers have tested positive for COVID-19 over a 14...
The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & Johnson. Canada is set to receive about 300,000 doses of the J&J vaccine, which will come in addition to more than...
Regions to the south and west of Calgary, including K-Country, Canmore, Okotoks and the Crowsnest Pass area, were placed under snowfall warnings Sunday morning with some areas expecting up to 40 centimetres of snow. High River, Claresholm, Pincher Creek and Waterton Lakes National Park are included in the warning. Along the...