Health officials have identified 18 more COVID-19 patients, bringing their provincial total to 249. Of Saskatchewan’s cases, four are in hospital, which includes two in intensive care. Twelve more people have recovered in the past 24 hours, for a total of 67 resolved cases in the province. There are 109 patients...
Medical companies and shippers in Canada are racing to transport time-sensitive radiochemical materials used to treat cancer, as a pandemic-induced drop in passenger flights has narrowed transportation options and created cargo delays. Half of air cargo normally travels in the belly of passenger jets rather than dedicated freighters. But flight...
British Columbia reported 234 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the ninth consecutive day the province has added more than 200 cases to its total. At a briefing in Surrey, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix also reported one new death, bringing B.C.’s death toll...
British Columbia is reporting 180 new cases of COVID-19 for the entire province with one additional death in that span. Of the 180 new cases, 13 are linked to the Island Health region. This marks the fourth straight day that new cases have reached double digits within Island Health after...
Canada’s two largest provinces are now under significant restrictions to curb surging cases of COVID-19 and a professional group for emergency doctors is calling for more transparency around vaccine distribution. Ontario’s stay-at-home order came into effect Thursday as the province reported 62 more deaths and 3,326 new novel coronavirus infections. Among...
Ontario reported 827 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 355 in Toronto, 169 in Peel, 89 in York Region and 58 in Ottawa. The province reported four new deaths, brining the total in Ontario to 3,103. Ontario completed 23,945 tests since the previous day, with 22,636 tests currently under investigation. There...
A presumptive case of COVID-19 in Nunavut has been ruled negative, as the territory remains the only jurisdiction in Canada without a patient throughout the pandemic. A fly-in worker at the Mary River iron mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island originally tested positive on June 30, but...
Two men are facing charges following what Winnipeg police are calling an "unprovoked assault with a knife" outside a washroom at The Forks over the weekend. Winnipeg police said the victim, a man in his 30s, had been at The Forks with is family on Sunday when he left to...
Ontario's cabinet is set to meet later today to consider new measures to combat skyrocketing rates of COVID-19. A government source says officials worked on new recommendations through the weekend that will be presented to cabinet tonight. The meeting comes ahead of new COVID-19 projections that are set to be made...
Most Canadians killed in police encounters since 2000 had mental health or substance abuse issues. New data shows 18 black men and one black boy were among the 52 people killed in encounters with Toronto police officers between 2000-2017. That outnumbers other racial groups, analysis by CBC News has found. No government...