Albertans are among the most resistant to the idea of being quickly vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a new poll. The Angus Reid Institute poll found more than one-in-four Albertans, 28 per cent, say they would not get a vaccine for the novel coronavirus at all. Fewer than half of Canadians...
Nova Scotia is reporting one new case of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total active cases in the province to three. The new case is located in the province's central zone and is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada, according to a release from the province. The release also says...
Ottawa Public Health reports 142 more Ottawa residents have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest one-day increase in new cases of novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. A total of 142 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Thursday, along with two new deaths. ...
Public health authorities in Quebec are reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as both new cases and hospitalizations continue to surge. Authorities announced that 1,052 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours for a total of 76,273,...
Rescue crews are searching the Capilano River this morning for a person, after one man died and four others were rescued when water suddenly gushed from a dam at the Capilano River in North Vancouver Thursday. “Be aware that NSR will be flying low and slow over the Capilano River...
Ontario is reporting 732 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, a new record for the province, bringing the provincial total to 52,980. The province is reporting its highest case count ever recorded (the previous was Monday’s at 700 new infections). However, Ontario Health Minister Christine said “due to...
Yesterday, Health Canada received its first submission for authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford. This is an important step for Canada in its response to the pandemic, but it is just one step on the road to obtaining safe and...
The Brant County Health Unit reported one new local case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The positive test rings to 188 the number of cases in the community since the start of the pandemic. Of those, 167 cases have been resolved, according to the health unit’s statistics. At present, there are...
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is on the rise, but the province’s top doctor isn’t calling it a surge. Saskatchewan reported 14 new COVID-19 cases for a second straight day Thursday. There have been 94 new cases in the province in the past seven days. “We are trending...
Children who only have a runny nose or a sore throat will no longer need to test negative for COVID-19 in order to return to school or daycare but they will still have to stay home for at least 24 hours. The Ontario government previously said that children exhibiting any...