Quebec has seen very few deaths among young people during the pandemic, but on Thursday the province's health department confirmed a 19-year-old has died from the disease. The young man has been identified as Don Béni Kabangu Nsapu. The death was confirmed by Facebook group Congolais De Montréal. According to the...
Montreal’s public health department has announced a 19-year-old man has died after contracting COVID-19. It marks the first victim among patients 19 and under in the province. According to federal statistics, it’s also the second fatality among those 19 and under in Canada. The first was reported in Ontario in...
British Columbia reached a somber milestone Thursday, reporting its 200th death from COVID-19. Deputy provincial health officer Dr. Reka Gustafson announced two new deaths at a media briefing, along with 80 new cases of the virus. Both deaths were in long-term care in the Fraser Health region. The number of active cases...
Questions have been left unanswered after the Ragu pasta sauce brand has disappeared from grocery store shelves and left the Canadian market. Over Twitter, the company said it has made the hard decision to leave Canada. “We regret to inform you that RAGÚ® has made the hard decision to exit the...
An individual who visited a downtown Toronto strip club, where a COVID-19 exposure warning has been issued, has recently tested positive. On Aug. 14, Toronto Public Health (TPH) warned that approximately 550 individuals may have been exposed to COVID-19 at the Brass Rail Tavern, after an employee of the...
For the third straight day, British Columbia has seen its active case count reach a record-high, this time with 798 people who are considered infected with the respiratory virus. On Wednesday, health officials announced in a written statement that 68 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the province’s latest...
There are things that you should never joke about in public. Being kidnapped would probably be pretty high up on that list. That's exactly what prompted the P.E.I Amber Alert to be issued on Monday. In an update released later the same day through social media, Summerside Police in Prince...
Alberta is reporting 359 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 72 hours, bringing the province’s total to 12,412. There were 177 reported cases on Friday (Aug. 14), 86 on Saturday and another 96 on Sunday. The number of active cases in the province is up by 96 to 1,132. Recoveries...
Manitoba health officials have announced two more deaths related to COVID-19. The deaths were announced in a news bulletin Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total number of deaths since the pandemic started to 11. Tuesday also marked the first time more than one death from COVID-19 was reported in Manitoba. Both deaths...
Dozens of cases in Alberta and British Columbia have been linked to a faith-based event in Deadwood, Alta. So far, at least 15 cases have been identified in Alberta and 17 in British Columbia in connection to the religious event It Is Time Canada, which was held between July 31-Aug...