A staff member at an independent school in British Columbia’s Fraser Health region has tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the suspension of classes. According to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, the individual held various roles at the school, including teacher. Henry said a small number of close...
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador The province entered "Alert Level 3" on June 8 in its five stage reopening plan. It means groups of...
Premier Doug Ford pleaded with Ontario's "scared" migrant workers Wednesday to get tested for COVID-19, acknowledging that the current testing strategy has captured only a small slice of the migrant population in a region with several outbreaks. Ford made the comments one day after a local hospital in Windsor-Essex —...
Toronto has reached a grim milestone in its ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, with the city's medical officer of health confirming Toronto has now hit 1,000 deaths. Three months ago, on March 18, the city had experienced only 16 deaths connected to the novel coronavirus. Dr. Eileen de Villa issued a statement Thursday,...
With Ontario reporting 173 cases of COVID-19, it pushes Canada’s total case count past 100,000. Among those patients are 62,237 people who have recovered from the respiratory virus, after Ontario’s Ministry of Health reported that an additional 220 cases have been resolved. Three more COVID-19 patients have died in Ontario since...
Nova Scotia’s RCMP are being accused of a series of crucial failings and mistakes in their response to April’s deadly massacre in northern Nova Scotia as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit. Among the allegations made against the national police force is that it returned a victim’s car to her...
Health officials in Alberta have identified 48 new cases in the latest 24-hour stretch, increasing its total to 7,530. No new fatalities were recorded, as the death toll remains at 151. Of its total cases, there are 6,893 people who have recovered from the virus, an increase of 11...
British Columbia health officials have recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 2,775. There are only 185 active cases in the province, since 2,422 people have recovered from the virus, which is up by six since Tuesday. There are 11 people in hospital, which includes five...
Saskatchewan health officials have identified nine new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 693. Of the recently identified patients, two are in the Saskatoon region, while seven are in the Far North region, which currently has 29 of the province’s 47 active cases. Of its total diagnoses, 633...
Manitoba health officials have identified two new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 306. According to CTV News, who received confirmation from a provincial spokesperson, one of the cases involves a male between the ages of 10 and 19, and the other is a male in his 30s....