Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting four new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, increasing the total number of active cases in the province to 12. Three of the previously reported cases are now considered resolved. Two of Wednesday’s cases are in the Central zone and the other two are in...
The review of Rideau Hall that led governor general Julie Payette to resign found dozens of people who called the working conditions there hostile, negative, toxic or poisoned. The government released the findings of the review, conducted by Quintet Consulting Corp., on Wednesday evening. It's heavily redacted, primarily to protect participants'...
Canada Post has confirmed that a worker has died of COVID-19 at its Gateway facility in Mississauga. Spokesperson Phil Legault says the employee had tested positive for COVID-19 and was last at work on January 18, 2021. “We offer our deepest sympathies to the family as they mourn the loss and...
Three more weeks. That’s the length of the most recent extension of public health orders in Saskatchewan meant to limit the spread of COVID-19. Premier Scott Moe made the announcement from the Legislature in Regina on Jan. 26 with chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. The announcement came on a...
Doctors in northwestern New Brunswick held a news conference on Wednesday to try and convince the local population to take the pandemic more seriously. The Edmundston, N.B., region has been under a 14-day lockdown since Sunday and has nearly half the 339 active reported COVID-19 infections in the province. Several doctors...
For the second consecutive day, Manitoba's new COVID-19 case count has been below 100. Health officials announced 95 new cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 28,996 since the start of the pandemic. The five-day test positivity rate is 9.6 per cent in Manitoba and 6.1 per cent in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg...
Ontario’s labour minister says the province is ramping up COVID-19 safety inspections on farms ahead of the new growing season. Monte McNaughton says hundreds of inspectors will visit farms to ensure COVID-19 safety measures are being followed to protect temporary foreign workers arriving in the coming weeks. The province says there...
One person has died and 39 others have tested positive for the coronavirus in London and Middlesex, local health officials said Wednesday. The region’s pandemic case tally now stands at 5,527, of which 3,764 people have recovered, an increase of 17 from the day before. The health unit says at least...
The number of new daily cases of COVID-19 in Ontario is in decline, while hospitalizations appear to have plateaued over the last few days. Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted out the new numbers Wednesday: “Ontario is reporting 1,670 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 55,200 tests completed. Locally, there are 450...
Quebec is reporting 1,328 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 16 that occurred in the past 24 hours. Health officials said today hospitalizations dropped by 34, to 1,290, and 221 people were in intensive care, a rise of four. The province says 4,340...