Two women are dead and the suspect in their killing has been hospitalized after exchanging gunfire with police on Saturday. The investigation into the shooting is being conducted by the Bureau des enquetes independantes (BEI), Quebec's police watchdog. The investigation is being conducted with the assistance of Quebec's provincial police,...
Manitoba Public Health confirmed Saturday that the 22nd death related to COVID-19 has been reported in the Winnipeg health region. The person was a woman in her 80s and a previously announced case connected to the Parkview Place personal care home outbreak. Also on Saturday, 38 new cases were announced. Two previously...
You can no longer just walk-in or drive-up to a COVID-19 assessment centre to be tested for COVID-19. Ontario is eliminating walk-in testing at assessment centres in Ottawa and across Ontario and moving to a new appointment-based system in a move designed to eliminate wait times and unnecessary testing. On Sunday...
Saskatchewan Party candidate Daryl Cooper has resigned his nomination ahead of Saskatchewan’s provincial election. Cooper, a candidate for the Saskatoon Eastview riding, resigned after now-deleted social media posts and interactions linked to conspiracy group QAnon surfaced online. “The content and views that Mr. Cooper interacted with on social media are concerning...
Health officials have closed a packaging and distribution plant in Delta after an outbreak of COVID-19. The Fraser Health Authority has shut down Valhalla Distribution/MSJ Distribution — located at 7848 Hoskins St. — after 23 employees tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to a Saturday news release from the health...
What you need to know, at a glance There were 96 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa Saturday, and two new deaths Ontario recorded 653 new cases, and four new deaths Two new outbreaks were reported in health-care institutions Saturday, bringing the total of ongoing outbreaks in Ottawa to 24, in...
Canada is reporting more than 1,800 new coronavirus cases and 52 deaths to the national tally on Saturday as the country’s top doctor warns time is running out to prevent a massive surge. Not all provinces report their daily tallies on Saturday, so the national increase of 1,812 additional cases...
Canada will maintain restrictions on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak in both nations is much less serious, a senior government official said on Friday. The comments by Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair suggest that the ban on non-essential travel could stay for months to...
Ontario reported 653 new cases of COVID-19 after completing a record-high 46,254 tests. The 1.4 per cent positivity rate is among the top five highest the province has recorded since June. It’s also now the sixth-straight day that Ontario has surpassed the 500-daily case mark, which it had not previously...
Quebec reported 1,107 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the second most it has ever recorded in a 24-hour stretch since the start of the pandemic. On May 3, the province did announce 2,209 cases, but that was in part due to a data error that missed 1,317 positive...