The region's first school-related case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Twin Lakes Secondary School in Orillia. Simcoe Muskoka health unit's chief medical officer of health said the teacher contracted the virus in the community and not in the school. "The staff person was wearing full personal protection, including a face...
B.C. health officials reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Sept. 15, but none of the new cases are in Island Health. Island Health continues to have 12 active cases and no hospitalizations. Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, released Tuesday’s numbers in a...
A video of a woman berating employees who asked her to wear a mask at a Calgary store has gone viral on the internet. A manager at the Fabricland at 7310 Fisher Road S.E. confirmed the incident happened in that store on Sunday, but declined to speak further on the...
Alberta Health Services has switched the location of its drop-in COVID-19 testing centre in Calgary. AHS confirmed Tuesday that it is now doing drop-in testing inside the former Greyhound Bus terminal, just off 14th Street between Ninth Avenue and Bow Trail S.W. "Drop in COVID-19 testing in the Calgary Zone is...
Alberta’s top doctor reported 418 new cases of COVID-19 and one death on Monday. After more than 50,000 tests, 105 Albertans tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, 173 on Saturday and 140 on Sunday. Alberta Health Services conducted a record of 18,919 tests on Saturday, Chief Medical Officer of Health...
The looming prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall has governments cautiously monitoring daily infection rates as economies restart and students return to school. A widespread return of economic and social restrictions that closed businesses and schools and cancelled public events in March is not the preferred option,...
Three teenaged boys from central New Brunswick were killed early Sunday when the car they were in slammed into a concrete and stone retaining wall in the rural community Blackville. The RCMP say all three occupants were ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. Photos from the crash site...
Vancouver's air quality is among the worst in the world, Environment Canada said Monday, as wildfire smoke continued to waft across the border from the United States, even reaching parts of Alberta. An air quality advisory was issued for a seventh straight day in Vancouver and is expected to last...
Eight new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Interior Health region since Friday, Sept. 11. Seventeen cases are considered active and the individuals are in isolation. No one is reported in hospital, according to the health agency. The outbreak at the Okanagan Correctional Centre was declared over Monday, Sept. 14....
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health has announced 418 new cases of COVID-19 and three school outbreaks Monday, including one in Edmonton. Ross Sheppard High School is home to the first outbreak of COVID-19 at a school in Edmonton. An outbreak is defined by Alberta Health as having two cases...