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...
In Quebec, there were 46 new cases of COVID-19 that were identified by health officials, the fewest in a 24-hour stretch since its March 22 update. For the seventh time in the past eight days, the province has also recorded fewer than 100 cases; before the recent stretch, it had...
Ontario announced 125 new cases of COVID-19 in its latest 24-hour stretch, which marks its largest spike since July 31. Windsor-Essex led the way with 28 new cases, as health officials continue to test those in the region’s agri-farm sector, which has a large temporary foreign worker presence. Toronto Public...
A coalition of Canadian biotech companies are hoping that fragments of antibodies they've raised and sequenced from the blood of a llama immunized to COVID-19 are the key to treating the virus that causes the disease. After months of research, the Canadian Coalition for COVID-19 says it has published the...
Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigned as both minister and MP following a week of growing public tension between himself and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over COVID-19 pandemic economic policies. Morneau, who has been Trudeau’s sole finance minister since his election as prime minister in 2015, made the announcement during...
Alberta reported 285 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths Monday, with the Edmonton Zone now making up more than half of the province’s total active cases. The latest figures bring the total number of active cases in the province to 1,132 and the number of deaths to 224. The three...