Quebec is reporting 843 new cases of COVID-19 today and 12 additional deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Officials say four of those deaths occurred in the past 24 hours and eight took place between Oct. 5 and Oct. 10. The province has now reported 86,976 COVID-19 cases and 5,965 deaths...
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Western University residence where four students have tested positive for the illness. The Middlesex-London Health Unit declared the COVID-19 outbreak at the residence where the four live on Sunday. The four students have been isolating outside of residence, according to a statement from...
Two more people in Manitoba have died from COVID-19, the province announced Monday, including the province's youngest fatality to date. The victims were both Winnipeggers — a woman in her 100s linked to the Parkview Place outbreak and a man in his 40s. The province confirmed he is so far...
Keira Knightley has dropped out of Apple TV+ drama The Essex Serpent. She was lined up to play the lead role in the streaming service's adaptation of Sarah Perry's 2016 novel, which follows a widow named Cora who relocates to Essex with her young son and becomes intrigued by a...
Health officials in New Brunswick have announced that there’s been a confirmed case at Sugarloaf High School in Campbellton. It’s the first school case that has been reported in the province since K-12 learning institutions opened for the fall semester. The school has since temporarily closed, while students will learn remotely...
Quebec health officials announced 1,102 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. It’s now the seventh time in the past eight days that it has eclipsed 1,000-daily cases, a mark no other province has ever hit. Before the recent stretch, Quebec had not reported a 1,000-case increase since May 2. Of...
Ontario reported a record-high 939 new daily cases of COVID-19, which has prompted Doug Ford’s provincial government to impose new restrictions on hotspots Toronto, Peel Region and Ottawa. It’s the 12th straight day the province has exceeded the 500-case mark. Ontario’s daily case count continues to increase, breaking its own...
There were no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday. That leaves nine active cases in the province after three new cases were reported on Saturday in the Western Health region. Those new cases involved females under the age of 19 who were close contacts...
The province confirmed Sunday that staff members at three Manitoba jails have tested positive for COVID-19. The facilities are Headingley Correctional Institution, Milner Ridge Correctional Centre and the Winnipeg Remand Centre. A provincial spokesperson said in a statement to CTV News that a “small number” of workers are infected and the...
School is out for the Thanksgiving weekend, and when Alberta’s classes resume on Tuesday, it’s safe to assume attendance won’t be perfect. Alberta has never recorded more positive COVID-19 cases among school-aged children than it did over the last seven days. During that time, there were more than 300 positive tests...