The Quebec government is setting aside more resources and money to test for COVID-19 variants, as concern grows over the potential impact of new, more transmissible strains. So far, the province has confirmed eight cases of the U.K. variant, which is believed to be roughly 50 per cent more...
Quebec says it has nearly exhausted all of its COVID-19 vaccine doses. The province says it administered 3,071 injections Thursday and says it has about 2,043 vaccine doses left from the 238,100 total doses it had received. Health Minister Christian Dube said today on Twitter he expects the province to acquire...
Four people are dead following a 3-alarm fire involving at least two houses in the Toronto’s east end Friday morning. Shortly before 5 a.m., fire crews responded to a structure fire at a home at 95 Gainsborough Road, near Coxwell Avenue and Eastwood Road. The second floor of the house was...
Mounties in Prince George are looking for information after a video of a driver doing a stunt in a school field went viral over the weekend. In a Tuesday (Jan. 26) news release, Prince George RCMP said the car shows a dark coloured, 4-door sedan driving through the strip mall...
In a split-second decision, a Winnipeg police officer said he made eye contact with a teen driving a stolen Jeep and fired his gun two times – striking and fatally wounding Eishia Hudson. Manitoba’s police watchdog has determined the officer will not face any charges. The details of the deadly...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today new measures aimed at further restricting international travel as more infectious variants of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 spread around the globe. Trudeau has urged Canadians for weeks not to take any non-essential trips outside the country. And he has warned that...
Northern school boards — the first in the province to resume in-person classes after an extended holiday break — are reporting at least 14 COVID-19 outbreaks among students, staff and other unidentified individuals since returning Jan. 11. With 280,000 children scheduled to return to in-person learning in Ottawa, London, eastern...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a press briefing from his front doorstep on Tuesday. It was the familiar message: Ottawa is doing everything in its power to protect Canadians. Frontline workers are heroes. Yes things are tough, but if we can hang on just a few more months, things will...
New cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at a pair of Saskatoon schools. On Wednesday, the Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed a case of COVID-19 at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Catholic School, according to a news release from Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS). The affected class will switch to online learning Thursday,...
The Regina Police Service has issued 17 tickets to individuals – with fines totalling more than $47,000 – since the pandemic began. Each ticket came with a $2,800 price tag and was issued under the Saskatchewan Public Health Act to people not abiding by the public health order in place. The...