A 19-year-old man who worked as a cleaner at a long-term care home outside of London, Ont. died Thursday after contracting COVID-19. The Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed his death on Saturday as it reported 50 new cases and two other fatalities. CTV News spoke to the family and friends of the...
A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Community Services Minister John Streiker says he's outraged the man and woman allegedly chartered a flight to Beaver Creek, the most westerly community in Canada...
Health officials say the U.K. coronavirus variant — believed to be more contagious — has been confirmed in an outbreak at a Barrie long-term care home that has seen all nearly residents infected. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place long-term...
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. — RCMP have ended the search for the five fishermen still missing from a tragic accident at sea more than a month ago. In a release, Nova Scotia RCMP says they're "concluding its search activities" for the missing crew of the Chief William Saulis scallop dragger,...
Post-secondary institutions in Saskatchewan are positioning themselves for change that will last long after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in the province. University of Regina interim provost david Gregory can’t envision what life on campus will look like in the future, but he knows the typical crowds packing into lecture halls...
While Nova Scotia is in a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the province has created a travel protocol that will benefit those who must travel to and from New Brunswick. Since Jan. 9, the province has reinstated restrictions with its New Brunswick border. This means anyone travelling from New...
Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The cases have been identified in the Moncton region, Saint John region, Edmundston region, and the Campbellton region. The five cases case in Zone 1 (Moncton) involve: An individual 19 and under An individual in their 20s An...
Manitoba public health officials advise three additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported Saturday. The deaths include: A man in his 60s from the Winnipeg health region A woman in her 70s from the Winnipeg health region A woman in her 80s from the Winnipeg health region. The current five-day COVID-19 test...
Health officials in Ontario are reporting fewer than 2,400 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday. The 2,359 infections mark a drop over Friday’s report when 2,662 cases were added and bring the province’s COVID-19 case total to 252,585, including deaths and recoveries. Fifty-two of those deaths occurred in the previous day, 25...
Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday amid a slightly lower daily virus case count. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been...