Nunavut residents staying in isolation hotels in Winnipeg are being given the option to take a rapid test for COVID-19.
Since March, anyone who leaves Nunavut must isolate for 14 days in a hotel in Yellowknife, Edmonton, Winnipeg or Ottawa before flying back.
Nunavut's first cases of COVID-19 have been traced...
Vancouver police say they arrested a 24-year-old man on Christmas Day for repeatedly hosting parties in violation of public health orders.
“Our officers issued multiple warnings and issued tickets to this man over several weeks, asking him to stop hosting parties during the pandemic,” Sgt. Steve Addison said in a...
The Canadian provinces hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic released sobering numbers on Sunday, with Quebec's overall case count passing the 100,000 mark and Ontario registering more than 1,000 single-day cases for the first time since the start of the worldwide outbreak.
Despite registering comparable daily tallies, the two...
For the second day this week, Saskatchewan has reported just one new case of COVID-19, increasing their total case count to 305.
Of their diagnoses, 219 people have recovered, while seven individual are in hospital. Thirty-four of their cases involve health care workers.
As of April 16, there have been 21,569...
Premier François Legault announced 109 deaths in the past 24 hours in Quebec, increasing the province’s death toll to 1,243.
Of the recent fatalities, 93 of them are residents of facilities for elders. Among its total death toll, 93 per cent of people are 70 years old or older. Legault...
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced masks will mandatory in all indoor public places beginning on Saturday, Jul. 18.
The new rule applies to anyone age 12 and older. Masks are recommended for younger people but it is not mandatory. There is also an exception for people who cannot wear a...
Health officials in British Columbia will provide their final COVID-19 update of the week on Friday afternoon.
The update comes after two days of record-setting highs for new infections across the province.
On Thursday, health officials identified 274 new cases of the virus in the past 24 hours, following the 203...
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, spoke about the possible roll out of a viable COVID-19 vaccine, stating that she is “cautiously optimistic” that one will be available “in the first quarter of 2021.”
“When vaccines become available, there will be a limited supply at first,” she explained....
A Metro Vancouver teacher is currently hospitalized in an intensive care unit after contracting COVID-19.
According to an online fundraiser launched earlier this week in support of Tony and Darlene Lourenco, the husband and wife are both facing a difficult battle with the coronavirus responsible for creating the ongoing pandemic.
"They...
Toronto’s top doctor had little to say about inflated COVID-19 data released by Toronto Public Health.
Speaking Monday at a press briefing, Dr. Eileen de Villa declined to answer direct questions about how and why unreported case data from earlier this year was included in daily new infection numbers late...
