Despite fleeing a CTrain in transit, a suspect believed to be responsible for randomly stabbing a 65-year-old visually-impaired man, was caught by the Calgary Police Service Canine Unit shortly after. Around 6:15 a.m., on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, a man was standing on a northeast bound train that had just...
New Brunswick health officials reported 27 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday. Two of the new cases are in the Saint John region, 11 are in the Moncton region and 14 are in the Edmundston region. “All cases are self-isolating and under investigation,” the province says. The province also reported 41...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government’s COVID-19 vaccine program Monday as a health-care worker became the first person in the province to receive both doses of one of the shots. Anita Quidangen was given her second dose at Toronto’s University Health Network, the first of five health-care workers slated...
Quebec is reporting 919 new cases and five more deaths attributable to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis Friday. It marks the fifth consecutive day that the daily tally of new infections has been under 1,000 as the province deals with the third wave of the pandemic. Montreal reported the most new...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has signed a tentative agreement for Novavax to produce millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Canada once it's approved for use here. The U.S. company is still doing clinical trials of its vaccine but if Health Canada approves it, a new National...
Canada has now surpassed 100 cases of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, according to tallies from the provinces. Ontario has had a total of 42 cases. British Columbia has 46, Quebec has eight and Alberta has reported 19 cases. One other person, a former passenger of the Grand Princess cruise...
We humans like to think we’re the cream of the crop when it comes to animal life on Earth, but the truth is we’re all a bunch of mutts. Many of our ancient ancestors mingled with Neanderthals, and the telltale signs of that “mingling” are still present in our...
Hundreds of people have been told to self-isolate in Kingston, Ont., after 18 cases have been linked to a nail salon. On Friday, medical officer of health Kieran Moore said that eight more cases were identified in the past 24 hours. An outbreak was declared a day earlier by Kingston,...
Toronto police are investigating after shots were fired at two tow trucks in two separate shootings near Highway 401 in North York overnight. Police said the first drive-by shooting happened just before midnight Wednesday near the on-ramp to the westbound 401 at Avenue Road. A tow truck was parked on the...
Ontario is reporting 181 new cases of COVID-19, and eight more deaths. It's the lowest number of new daily cases since late March. Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that 126 of the 181 new cases are from the Toronto and Peel regions. The new cases bring the province...