Several provinces are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as new hotspots crop up across the map, pushing Canada's caseload closer to the 200,000 mark. Canada's chief public health officer says the national count has climbed by an average of 2,300 cases per day over the past seven days, while...
Two Toronto hospitals have declared COVID-19 outbreaks this week, as the city grapples with an increasing number of cases. An outbreak in a hospital unit means there have been at least two COVID-19 cases within a 14-day period that could reasonably have been acquired in the hospital. There are currently four...
Eighty-five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Manitoba on Saturday, according to a provincial news release. Of the new cases, 68 are in the Winnipeg health region, five are in the Southern Health region, four are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, four are in the Northern Health region...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Canada grew by 2,215 on Saturday, and officials announced an additional 25 people had succumbed to the illness. The new figures released on Saturday bring the cumulative case total to 196,114, though more than 165,000 people across the country have recovered from the coronavirus. In...
Region of Waterloo Public Health posted an increase of 21 COVID-19 cases on its dashboard Saturday morning. This brings the new total up to 1,975 for the region since March. The number of active cases has increased to 106 from 101 since yesterday. Fourteen of the cases were reported on Saturday,...
The Ontario government is imposing visitation and absence restrictions on 28 long-term-care homes in York Region as the area moves to modified Stage 2 protocols to control COVID-19. The restrictions come into effect on Monday. Visits will be restricted to essential visitors and caregivers, and short-term and temporary absences will...
Ontario is reporting a rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases after several days of infection numbers below the 800 mark. Provincial health officials logged 805 new infections of the novel coronavirus on Saturday after four days of cases numbers in the 700s. The province had reported 712 cases on...
Women in the RCMP who chose to job-share were discriminated against when they were not allowed to buy back full-time pension benefits, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision. Justice Rosalie Abella, writing for the majority, found, “This arrangement has a disproportionate impact on women and...
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP pleaded with senior citizens Friday to stick with him, promising free vaccines and therapeutics to help them fight the coronavirus and painting an apocalyptic picture of a Biden administration that would strip them of Medicare and Social Security benefits in a last-ditch pitch to reclaim an...
The province’s chief medical officer of health is asking Albertans to get their flu shot amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Influenza is not new like COVID-19, but it is very serious. Last winter, almost 8,500 Albertans contracted the flu, and ultimately, 41 died,” Deena Hinshaw said during a COVID-19 update Friday...