Ottawa Public Health is reporting 65 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the 29th straight day with fewer than 100 cases of COVID-19. No new deaths linked to novel coronavirus were reported on Friday. Thirty-four of the 65 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday involved residents under the age...
Public Health Ontario has reported 1,150 new cases of COVID-19 today (Feb. 19). Today's report includes 47 new deaths, 18 were residents at long-term care homes. Of the deaths reported today, two were individuals between 20 and 39 years old, three were between 40 and 59 years old, 11 were between...
Toronto and Peel Region will remain under a stay-at-home order for at least another two weeks but some restrictions will be eased in York Region next week as it enters the red zone of the province’s reopening framework, the province announced Friday. At the request of the medical officers of...
The Ontario government has administered over 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to Phase One priority populations, which now includes adults 80 years of age and older. At the same time, the province is working with public health units to build and expand its capacity to immunize Phase Two...
The Ontario government has announced York Region will be reentering the province’s COVID-19 response framework of restrictions at the red control level. According to an update issued by the government Friday afternoon, the change in restrictions comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Feb. 22. The current stay-at-home order for...
Regions that are in Quebec's red zones could have their alert level changed as of March 8, according to written opinions from Public Health unveiled on Friday. The documents suggest that if the situation remains favourable, other indoor facilities, in addition to arenas and swimming pools, could reopen after spring...
A written recommendation from Quebec's public health director suggests the province relax more COVID-19 restrictions on March 8 if the situation remains stable. The written guidance is part of a series of 14 documents released today from Dr. Horacio Arruda that had been requested by the opposition for months. Arruda says...
The BC SPCA says it has seized 40 dogs from a West Kootenay sled-dog operation. According to the animal rescue society, the dogs were seized on Feb. 16 after animal protection officers executed a warrant on a property located outside of Salmo. A spokesperson for the SPCA says there were a...
Canada has fined two passengers for presenting a false or misleading COVID-19 test before boarding a flight to the country, the first time travelers have been hit since the introduction in January of mandatory pre-departure negative tests, the Canadian transport regulator said on Thursday. One of the passengers was fined...
Last week, Paul Goulet's 10-year-old daughter quietly went to his wife with worry about her father. "It's like he's here, but he's not really here," she said. That nearly broke Goulet, the owner of Little Ray's Nature Centre, a zoo and animal rescue organization with locations in Hamilton and Ottawa. Usually an...