A team of researchers from the Montreal Heart Institute believes they have found an effective weapon against COVID-19: colchicine, an oral tablet already known and used for other diseases.
For Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, who led the study, this is a "major scientific discovery" and colchicine is the first "effective oral...
Quebec reported Saturday that 1,685 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 252,176 since the start of the pandemic.
The number is above the seven-day average for daily increases which is now 1,601 new cases per day....
Calgary police are searching for a suspect who they believe is responsible for at least 15 groping attacks on women since last November.
Officials say they've been notified about a number of sexual assaults in downtown and north-central Calgary, as well as several in Mission, Thorncliffe, Huntington Hills and Hillhurst.
The...
The public inquiry into the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has announced the hiring of six experts who will help set a course for the investigation.
Those joining the inquiry include Thomas Cromwell, a former Supreme Court of Canada justice who will serve as commission counsel. Cromwell previously served...
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum lifted a state-wide mandatory mask order on Jan. 18, with the state having brought its COVID-19 new case numbers down to a level lower than Saskatchewan’s. That state, which had among the worst COVID-19 numbers for the entire United States for the previous three...
Some Saskatchewan inmates are “leery” of getting vaccinated against COVID-19, says an advocate for people in Canadian prisons and jails.
Some inmates have expressed concern about the “speed” with which COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, and others feel guards should be inoculated before inmates because guards are in and out...
New Brunswick will provide an update on COVID-19 Friday as cases continue to rise across the province.
Health Minister Dorothy Shephard and Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health, will be participating in the briefing.
New Brunswick health officials reported 32 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday.
Russell said in...
Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting four new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, with the total number of active cases in the province remaining at 22.
Four of the province’s previously reported cases are now considered resolved.
One of the new cases is in the Central Zone and is...
Alberta is not easing any of the current COVID-19 restrictions yet and it is unknown when measures will lift.
On Thursday, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw addressed the province, on the one-year anniversary of her first provincial address, and said further restriction will remain in...
