Canada

There are 42 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Wednesday, the province says in a news release. Thirty of those cases are in the Winnipeg health region, the release says. Six of the new cases are in the Southern Health region, three are in the Prairie Mountain Health region, two...

Post-tropical storm Teddy made landfall in eastern Nova Scotia Wednesday morning bringing strong winds and plenty of rain for the province. Environment Canada’s hurricane monitoring centre reported very strong winds as Teddy maid landfall near Sheet Harbour. Hart Island reported a peak wind of 108 km/h and a gust to...

Is that mask feeling a little tighter these days? The latest poll from Leger finds a significant number of Canadians feel being forced to wear one is an infringement on their personal freedom. But while more than one-in-five (21%) of respondents say being told to wear a face covering violates...

The federal government has inked a new deal with French multinational pharmaceutical firm Sanofi to obtain 72 million doses of its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Procurement Minister Anita Anand also said Tuesday that Canada is in line to secure up to 150,000 vials of Gilead Sciences and McKeeson Canada’s antiviral...

Two more Albertans have died after contracting COVID-19 as the province reported 150 new cases of the disease Tuesday. The victims are a man in his 90s in the Edmonton zone and a man in his 80s in the Calgary zone whose death is linked to the outbreak at Wentworth...

The season of sniffles is upon us, and that sniffle is more noticeable than ever. With a second wave of COVID-19 hitting the country, there are fears a bad flu season will make things worse. But there are some promising signs if you look at Australia, who are just wrapping up...

Six more Edmonton schools have COVID-19 outbreaks as the region hit a new record for active cases. Alberta Health listed Parkview School and École Père-Lacombe on its online school outbreak list Tuesday. Edmonton Catholic Schools reported three cases have been discovered at Bishop Savaryn and Archbishop O’Leary schools, and two cases...

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer is concerned with the rising trend of COVID-19 case numbers. Theresa Tam gave an update on national COVID-19 modelling, which shows the country is “at a crossroads” in its pandemic-response. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Tam said the rate of contact in the country needs...

U.S. prosecutors have identified the Quebec woman suspected of mailing envelopes containing the poison ricin to the White House and law enforcement officials in Texas as Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier. Ferrier, 53, is expected to appear in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., today to face a charge of threatening U.S....

The number of people in Ottawa with known active cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 500 for the first time since May. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reported 60 new cases Monday, as well as two more deaths and 20 more cases deemed resolved. To date, 3,679 people have tested positive in Ottawa,...