An Edmonton man charged in a cold case killing is to make a court appearance in Calgary today. Police say the accused was 16 when the body of Tara-Anne Landgraf was discovered by a passerby in August 2007. They say the 37-year-old woman was stabbed and sexually assaulted in what appeared...
Saskatchewan’s current COVID-19 restrictions will expire on Friday. The province is tasked with deciding whether to extend current restrictions or implement new ones. Restrictions were last updated on Jan. 26, when the province announced restrictions would extended until Feb. 19. Since then, Saskatchewan has mostly continued its downward trend, as shown...
Public health confirmed Monday that an individual in their 80s in Zone 4 (Edmundston region) has died as a result of underlying complications, including COVID-19, bringing the total number of COVID-related deaths in the province to 23. According to the province, the person was a resident of Manoir Belle Vue,...
A group representing Alberta continuing-care operators is asking government to introduce legislation that would protect them against lawsuits related to COVID-19, according to a filing with the province’s lobbyist registry. It’s an issue a federal advocacy group says hinges on the ability for continuing-care providers to obtain insurance they need...
Manitoba has now completed more than 500,000 COVID-19 tests at its provincial testing sites. Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson and Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer, made the announcement in a news release on Sunday, noting that as the pandemic has evolved, the province’s testing eligibility...
Ontario is reporting another 981 COVID-19 cases, and 42 more deaths, according to its latest report released Thursday morning. The province says case counts may fluctuate due to “continued data quality checks and remidiation activities” following Toronto Public Health’s ongoing data migration. The seven-day average is down to 1,094 cases daily...
Quebec is reporting 728 new novel coronavirus cases and 16 additional deaths related to the health crisis Monday. Health authorities say five of those deaths occurred in the past 24-hour period while the other fatalities have been retroactively added to the tally. The province’s COVID-19 caseload now stands at 277,518. Recoveries,...
Some health-care workers who were scheduled to be vaccinated against COVID-19 next week may not be inoculated until April. Employees at the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-L’Île-de-Montréal were notified on Monday that the Quebec health department is delaying the vaccination of many health-care workers until April. No reason for the delay was given. The new...
A sixth health-care worker has died from COVID-19 in Alberta, as the province reports 284 new cases and five deaths on Sunday. One of the four deaths listed in the Edmonton zone was a health-care worker at a continuing-care facility. The continuing-care worker was a man in his 50s with...
With the overwhelming majority of residents in Ontario’s long-term care homes now vaccinated, the province on Sunday announced which groups are next in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines. According to a memo sent from the province’s vaccine taskforce to Ontario’s medical officers of health and hospital CEOs, staff and essential...