Algoma Public Health (APH) has confirmed a new COVID-19 case in the district. The individual in question was tested on Sept. 14 and, according to APH, this case is considered resolved. A statement issued today by the F.J. Davey Home indicates the positive test was the result of "staff surveillance testing...
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye has been declared the world's best whisky according to the latest edition of the Whisky Bible. The rye, produced in Calgary by Alberta Distillers, beat out nearly 1,200 competitors to secure the honour of World Whisky of the Year. This is not the first time the...
A young man from B.C. has been charged after Alberta Mounties allegedly caught him sleeping behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla. The incident happened back in July, when authorities received a complaint of a car speeding down Highway 2 near Ponoka, a small community between Edmonton and Red Deer. Alberta...
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet has been diagnosed with COVID-19. In a statement from his office, Blanchet said that he is doing “perfectly well,” but he will stay in isolation at his home in Shawinigan, Que., until Sept. 26. in accordance with Quebec public health rules. “The leader of the Bloc...
Quebec announced on Friday that 44 more students and 10 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. There are now 272 schools (out of 2,685) that have had a reported case, up by 25 compared to the previous day. Throughout those institutions, there are now 401 students and 106 staff members...
The province announced 401 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, which marks the largest one-day spike it has seen since June 2. It’s now the eighth straight day that Ontario has exceeded the 200-case mark. Before the recent stretch, the province had not posted over 200 cases since June 29. The...
CN Rail says work is now underway to recover the 60 freight cars that derailed off a bridge Monday about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver. A statement from the company says the damaged cars from the Canadian Pacific train are being removed from the site and repair work is underway...
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe County today - including one in Collingwood and one in Wasaga Beach. The Collingwood case involves a man between the ages of 18 and 34. The cause is under investigation. This is the first confirmed...
Poor infection control practices — including not wearing masks, insufficient physical distancing and poor hand hygiene — and personal gatherings are at the heart of the biggest daily spike in COVID-19 cases in Niagara in nearly two months, says Niagara’s top public health official. The public health department confirmed 12...
Contact tracing and testing has started after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Fellowes High School in Pembroke. CTV reports that 140 staff and students will be tested by the Renfrew County and District Health Unit. The Pembroke high school was forced to close Wednesday afternoon after three staff members tested...