The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit says there is 1 new COVID-19 case locally as of today (Mar 3), which is in Kawartha Lakes. And there are 958 new cases reported in Ontario today and 17 more deaths from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 249 cases...
Quebec is reporting 729 new cases and 19 additional deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday as mass vaccination continues in the province. Health authorities say two of those fatalities occurred in the past 24 hours while the others were retroactively added to the death toll from last month. One...
A 33-year-old suspect, who was injured in a car crash after the incident, is in custody. Two women are dead after being attacked Monday night in the Laurentian town of Ste-Sophie. The Sûreté du Québec on Tuesday reported that the murder victims were related and aged 60 and 28. The SQ...
The province is announcing a second COVID-19 variant has been discovered in Manitoba. On Tuesday as part of the daily COVID-19 bulletin, the province said two instances of the B.1.3.5.1 variant, which was first reported in South Africa, have been found. An additional one case of the B.1.1.7 variant, which is...
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit says there is 1 new COVID-19 case locally as of today (Mar 2), which is in Kawartha Lakes. And Ontario is reporting 966 new cases today, and 11 more deaths related to the virus. It says more than 22-thousand-300 doses of a...
Vaccination against COVID-19 began in Ontario on Dec. 15, with hospitals in Ottawa and Toronto splitting the province's first 6,000 doses. As of March 2, there are more than 30 vaccination clinics operating throughout the province, with more expected to open in the coming weeks to facilitate immunization of the...
For the second day in a row, Quebec recorded the lowest daily increase of COVID-19 cases in months, adding 588 new infections on Tuesday. Recoveries also outnumbered new cases, with 792 people reportedly virus-free on Tuesday, leaving 7,378 active cases of COVID-19 in Quebec. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 288,941...
The Quebec government has reached a deal with pharmacies that will allow them to start administering COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March. A source close to the provincial government who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the agreement, which was first reported today by 98.5 FM. About 50 pharmacies in the Montreal...
Highway 400 has now reopened both ways between Highway 88 and Mapleview Drive in Barrie following a pileup that occurred amid whiteout conditions Monday afternoon. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said 15 vehicles were involved in the pileup shortly before 2:30 p.m. While there were some head and neck injuries...
A school in Scarborough has been closed due to an outbreak involving a COVID-19 variant of concern. In a news release issued Monday evening, Toronto health officials said they recommended Donwood Park Public School dismiss staff and students due to the outbreak, which involves six people, four of whom have...