Some Saskatchewan sports organizations are turning to fundraising in order to keep their doors open amid current COVID-19 restrictions. Prior to the pandemic, owner of CrossCourt Badminton, Laurie Ruecker, says the courts would typically be packed with players. “We offer pickleball, badminton and table tennis,” Ruecker said. “We did leagues, doubles...
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says two cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed at École Massey School. For the safety of students and staff, and in consultation with Public Health, Regina Public Schools have informed close contacts and provided them information about self-isolation. The affected students will begin remote learning and will...
Saskatoon long-term care home reports 7 new COVID-19 cases Sherbrooke Community Centre is reporting seven residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in the long-term care home’s Kingsmen Village area. All residents are taking precautions and isolating in their room, according to the care home. Families of the residents will be notified. “This...
There are 198 new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba on Thursday and five more people have died from the illness, the province says in a news release. More than half of the new cases — 105 — are in the Northern Health Region, where several small communities have been grappling with...
An individual from Ecole Montrose in Grande Prairie has tested positive for COVID-19. In a letter sent home to families Wednesday, Deputy Superintendent James Robinson says school administration has been in contact with those who have been identified as close contacts of the individual who tested positive. The school remains open...
The AHS Covid-19 report for Wednesday January 20, 2021 is as follows. Firstly, Alberta had a slight increase in new cases reported today with 669. There were also 996 recoveries so it’s good to see the recoveries still surpassing the new cases! In the Central Zone, 48 new cases and 148...
There is no sign COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in Alberta, even as the province reaches two weeks on an extension of regulations it put in place before the holidays. When Premier Jason Kenney announced the rules prohibiting all indoor social gatherings and mandating masks in indoor public spaces would...
The Ontario government is working with transportation agencies and providers to support the Stay-At-Home Order and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Using tools like provincial network signs and transit communications systems, the province is reminding drivers and transit passengers, such as GO Transit, Ontario Northland, intercommunity buses and...
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that a major Toronto Hospital could not withdraw life-support from a minimally conscious and severely brain-damaged man without his family’s consent. Now, in another sign of these extraordinary times, the Ontario government is being asked to temporarily suspend the law requiring doctors get consent...
The Ford government says the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations has now been completed in long-term-care homes in seven regions across the province. That list includes Toronto, Peel, York and Windsor-Essex, the four regions with the highest COVID-19 transmission rates, as well as Ottawa, Durham Region and Simcoe Muskoka. “This is...