Demand for electricity in Ontario last year fell to levels rarely seen in decades amid shifts in usage patterns caused by pandemic measures, new data show. The decline came despite a hot summer that had people rushing to crank up the air conditioning at home, the province's power management agency...
We hope you enjoyed the weekend's summery weather while it lasted, because the Ontario weather forecast says we're going right back to winter this week. Starting on Monday, parts of Southern Ontario are expected to get blasted with 80 km/h winds and plenty of snow as well. Weather Canada has issued...
Toronto police say a 37-year-old man has been charged in the death of his mother, who they allege died after calling first responders seeking help while walking in a west-end park. They say Kathleen Hatcher of Toronto was located in the trail area of King’s Mill Park on Friday morning...
Manitoba reported four more deaths due to COVID-19 and 90 new cases on Saturday, the most deaths reported since mid-February. The deaths were two women in theirs 80s, a woman in her 90s and a man in his 90s, all from the Winnipeg region. That raises the number of deaths...
Ottawa Public Health reported 62 new cases Saturday. There were no new deaths and the city’s death toll remains 439. There have been 14,650 cases in Ottawa and of those, 13,723 are now considered resolved. There are now 488 active cases in the city, an indicator showing a rising trend in...
One year to the day after Quebec recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19, the province reported 858 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. A total of 287,003 infections have been confirmed in the province since the first one was reported Feb. 27, 2020. And 10,385 people have died from the...
Experts say the number of people who would have died from a COVID-19 infection is likely much higher than recorded because death certificates don’t always list the virus as the ultimate cause of a fatality. A geriatrician at Sinai Health in Toronto says deaths that have been recorded as a...
A dangerous offender who removed his monitoring bracelet and may be armed could be en route to Saskatchewan, the Edmonton Police Service says. Clint Carifelle, 30, was last seen Wednesday night at an Edmonton residence. Police said he has removed the monitoring ankle bracelet placed on him due to his...
The Manitoba government is set to provide an update on Friday afternoon on the province’s COVID-19 cases. Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, and Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for the Vaccine Implementation Task Force, will be speaking at a news conference at 12:30 p.m. at the...
Ontario is reporting 1,258 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 298,569. Friday’s case count is higher than Thursday’s which saw 1,138 new infections. On Wednesday, 1,054 new cases were recorded and 975 on Tuesday. According to Friday’s provincial report, 362 cases were recorded in Toronto, 274 in...