One more resident of the Manoir de la Vallée long-term care facility in Atholville has passed away, marking the second COVID-19 related victim in the province. Health officials in New Brunswick also identified three new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton region. Two of them involve health-care employees and...
Ontario reported nine COVID-19 related victims in its latest 24-hour stretch, the fewest since April 1. The latest update increases its death toll to 2,507. The victims are among its 31,992 total cases of COVID-19, after the Ministry of Health identified 266 new cases of COVID-19. It’s the most cases...
Air travellers arriving, leaving or flying within Canada can expect to be met with a temperature check at the airport in the coming months, as the federal government steps up the effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. But one medical expert thinks airlines and airports around the...
Restaurateur Leslie Echino laughs at the notion that even as Alberta lifts many more COVID-19 restrictions her business could return to anywhere close to normal. As of Friday, restaurants, bars, lounges and cafes are no longer limited to half capacity, although they still have to follow distancing rules and seat...
With Stage 2 of the province’s relaunch starting today, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said, "with the increased opportunity for activities and gatherings, there is increased potential for all of us to be exposed to COVID-19." Stage 2 features the reopening of indoor recreation areas, which includes...
After going six straight days without a new fatality, B.C. health officials reported a recent victim in the Vancouver Coastal health region. It increases the province’s death toll to 168. In its latest 24-hour stretch, B.C. health officials also identified 16 new cases of COVID-19, increasing its total to 2,709. Of...
Families in Ontario can now expand the number of people they have close contact with to 10, as the province moved Friday to further loosen public health restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford unveiled the new advice on "social circles" from the province's chief medical...
The B.C. government has failed in its attempt to seize the Kelowna Hells Angels clubhouse in the city's North End, along with clubhouses in Nanaimo and East Vancouver. Close to eight years after the government began proceedings to seize the Kelowna and East Vancouver residences, and almost 13 years after...
Grocery chains Loblaws and Metro, as well as Walmart, have decided to stop giving their workers an extra $2 an hour pay bump they put in place in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loblaws announced the decision in a letter to members of its loyalty program PC Optimum...
The Ministry of Health reported 182 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, the smallest increase to its total since March 28. It’s also the sixth straight day that the province recorded less than 300 new daily cases, which it hadn’t done since late March. The new patients were identified after health...