Ottawa police are asking the public for help to identify a person suspected of creating hate-motivated graffiti. The incident took place on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at around 9:46 p.m. at the National War Memorial on Wellington Street. Ottawa police had earlier reported the incident was Oct. 16. The suspect, described by police...
Quebec health authorities reported 905 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Friday, bringing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 98,226. Twelve more people have also died due to the disease, including four from the past 24 hours, six from between Oct....
Health officials in British Columbia will provide their final COVID-19 update of the week on Friday afternoon. The update comes after two days of record-setting highs for new infections across the province. On Thursday, health officials identified 274 new cases of the virus in the past 24 hours, following the 203...
Following the deadliest day of the pandemic in Manitoba, health officials have announced another death linked to a care home outbreak, as well as more than 160 new cases. The most recent death, which was announced in a bulletin on Friday, is a man in his 80s in the Winnipeg...
Ontario reported 826 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 292 cases in Toronto, 186 in Peel, 87 in Ottawa and 72 in York Region. Once again, the province confirmed nine more COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total to 3,080. There are currently 276 people in hospitals with 78 in ICU. Toronto’s Sunnybrook...
The federal government also announced a $214 million investment for Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine development. Up to $173 million will be allocated to Medicago to advance their vaccine candidate and to create a production facility in Quebec City. The federal government has reached an agreement with the company to access 76...
The prime minister also commented on yesterday’s announcement that Alberta will begin a pilot project in November, allowing travellers to be tested for COVID-19 upon returning to the province to reduce the required self-isolation time “We’re interested in seeing the result of this pilot project, but it is only a...
At a press conference on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to U.S. President’s Donald Trump’s claim that a viable COVID-19 vaccine could be available in a matter of “weeks,” if not by the end of the year. “We are hopeful that the vaccines will arrive yesterday, but they won’t,”...
The province identified 427 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. It marked the second straight day the province recorded more than 400 cases, and there are now 3,519 active cases of the virus in Alberta. In her twice-weekly press conference, chief medical...
QUEBEC — The number of COVID-19 cases may have plateaued in Quebec, but they remain at a deadly level, Premier François Legault said Thursday as the province counted another 1,033 cases and 20 new deaths. Legault and government health officials had initially signalled a victory when cases appeared to level...