Canada

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...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday outlined a plan to spend $10 billion through the Canada Infrastructure Bank on infrastructure and clean technology projects that he says will create 60,000 jobs. Trudeau laid out broad strokes of the new spending plan in a press conference alongside Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna...

Alberta Health Services has released Thursday’s report on COVID-19, detailing the numbers over the past 24 hours. 173 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 18,235. Of those, 1,596 cases are active while 16,370 people have recovered. Approximately two-thirds of the new infections were in the Edmonton Health...

A man gunned down in North York this morning was on his way to the hospital with his newborn baby and a female companion when he was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting, Toronto police say. Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, Insp. Paul Rinkoff said a man, a female,...

A northern Alberta woman who survived a fatal tour bus crash in Jasper National Park this summer said she is one of the lucky ones, but her recovery will be long and painful. Sweta Patel, 27, from High Prairie, Alta., is one of seven people who have filed a lawsuit...

Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, made her Monday update from home after coming down with a sore throat on Friday. She tested negative for COVID-19 over the weekend but will remain at home until her symptoms subside. “I don’t want to pass on whatever it is...