Canada

Health officials have identified 29 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Friday. The cases are among 514 found across the province in B.C.’s final update of the week. Five more people have died of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, health officials said, bringing the province’s death...

Madame Rac had amassed vast collection of jewelry, clothing and art before her death. It was the presence of the grand piano that convinced Edmonton antique hunter Alex Archbold to take a chance and purchase Bette-Joan Rac's estate after her death. The esteemed teacher, known as Madame Rac to her...

A leading Canadian health expert on the federal government’s COVID-19 Task Force says the pandemic should be viewed as a wake-up call for Canada to create its own domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity. Dr. Alan Bernstein says that with new variants of the novel coronavirus emerging, Canadians might need multiple vaccines...

There are 328 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 29, with 19 new cases in the southeast, bringing the provincial total to date to 23,366 cases. There are 125 active cases in the southeast region. The statistics for the Weyburn region specifically will not be...

Health officials say another three Manitobans have died from COVID-19 and 157 more have been infected with the virus. The latest deaths are from the Winnipeg area and include a woman in her 30s, a woman in her 50s, as well as a woman in her 80s connected to an...

The first case of the U.K. COVID-19 variant has been detected in Waterloo Region. According to a news release from Region of Waterloo Public Health, the variant was identified in a woman in her 30s. Public Health Ontario has been doing testing for COVID-19 variants and notified officials in Waterloo Region...

Provincial officers have inspected more than 1,000 big-box stores and essential retail businesses in Ontario so far this year, and have issued just over 110 tickets in connection with COVID-19 violations. In a news release issued Friday, the government said that 1,147 inspections were conducted since Jan. 1 and that...

Public Health Ontario has reported 1,837 new cases of COVID-19 today. The province is also reporting 58 deaths in its latest update, including 32 people who were residents at long-term care homes. The deaths reported today include one person between 40 and 59 years old, 14 people between 60 and...

There have been reports of a dozen new positive COVID-19 cases among staff members at McDonald’s restaurants across Quebec since last week. Of the 12 new cases, three McDonald’s staff employees tested positive from Montreal locations. According to the popular fast-food chain, its “top priority is to protect the health and...

The Quebec government announced on Friday that it intends to monitor the disquieting spread of COVID-19 variants by launching a scientific initiative aimed at sequencing 65,000 samples of the virus. Health Minister Christian Dubé and Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon announced they will provide $11 million in funding to the Institut...