Ontario is reporting 4,156 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, according to its latest report released Wednesday morning. The seven-day average is at 4,003 cases daily, or 192 weekly per 100,000. Ontario’s seven-day average for deaths is at 19.3 daily, a record high for the third wave. The province says...
In a scathing farewell speech, Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq blasted the federal government for inaction on Indigenous issues and accused parliamentary security of racial profiling. During a series of speeches by MPs not seeking re-election, Qaqqaq said federal security frequently stopped her to the point where she did not...
The Conservatives are firing back at allegations they’re holding up legislation by accusing the Liberals of using their own tactics to engineer an election this spring. “Canadians don’t want a risky pandemic election, but with every filibuster, delay in producing House-ordered documents, and the poorly organized legislative calendar, it’s becoming...
A taxi driver is dead after being shot in Scarborough Sunday night. The shooting occurred near Pharmacy Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East just before 9 p.m. Police say they received calls about a taxi that crashed into a fence. When officers arrived at the scene, they located the driver injured and...
Quebec is reporting 915 new cases and five more deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday. Of those deaths, one Quebecer died in the past 24 hours while two fatalities occurred between April 28 and May 3. Authorities say two deaths took place before April 28. The immunization campaign saw another...
Searching for unmarked burial sites is a painstaking process that not all Indigenous communities could be immediately ready for after the remains of more than 200 children were found at a former residential school in British Columbia, says an anthropologist who has done similar projects on the Prairies. "Just a...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the global COVID-19 pandemic "really sucks," and could jeopardize large gatherings with friends and family over Christmas after a reined-in Thanksgiving. Acknowledging frustrations around partial lockdowns and scrapped Halloween plans in some parts of the country, Trudeau said Tuesday that Canadians need to gird themselves...
The Saskatchewan government reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, along 47 recoveries. The 27 new cases are in the Far Northwest (five); Far Northeast (10); Northwest (three); Saskatoon (two); Central East (two); Regina (one); Southwest (one); and Southeast (three) zones. There are 57 COVID-19 patients in hospital; 10 are in...
Regional officials are asking the province for more doses of COVID-19 vaccines so inoculations can be expanded to more individuals. The region said right now, it has enough to give shots and second doses to people who are scheduled to receive it, but not enough to expand beyond that. Shirley...
Ottawa Public Health reported 107 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the highest daily total in about nine weeks. The cases brought to 16,021 the total number of cases in the capital since the pandemic began. OPH said 729 cases are active, while 14,841 are considered resolved. No new deaths were reported, and...