The Government of Ontario reports 166 new COVID-19 cases in schools on Wednesday, surpassing 5,000 cases in three months. According to the provincial government, 140 cases reported today are student-related, and 26 are staff-related. Ontario schools reported 299 total cases. The new total has now reached 5,024 since back to school. There...
Quebec reported 1,079 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday which marks the third straight day that it has surpassed the 1,000-case mark. A day earlier, Canada’s worst hit province reported 1,107 new cases— the second most ever in a 24-hour stretch — and on Friday there were 1,052 new cases....
Alberta is reporting its first case of a COVID-19 variant, first seen in the United Kingdom, that cannot be directly traced to international travel. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says while it is one case, the variant has the potential to spread faster than the original novel coronavirus and could quickly...
Ottawa's COVID-19 incidence rate remains in the "red-control" threshold on Sunday, as Ottawa Public Health reports 68 new cases of COVID-19 in the capital. There are no new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa. Twenty-eight of the 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday involve residents between 40 and 60 years...
A Caledon man found guilty in a fatal crash that killed a mother and her three young daughters in Brampton has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, a judge ruled on Monday. The sentencing includes 34 months subtracted for pretrial custody, meaning Brady Robertson will get credit for two...
A man is dead following a crash on the Gardiner Expressway in Etobicoke on Thursday morning. Toronto Police say at 9:21 a.m., officers were called to a collision in the westbound lanes of the Gardiner Expressway near Royal York Rd. Police say a 27-year-old was driving a 2017 white Honda Accord,...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that there could be an announcement next week regarding the eventual reopening of the economy. Ford made the comment as he toured a new COVID-19 testing facility at Pearson International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. It comes on the heels of Quebec Premier Francois Legault announcing that...
Nova Scotia has expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines to those ages 35-39. Appointments for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were available through the province's vaccine booking website Friday morning, though the change was not officially announced until nearly noon. There are about 63,500 people in the 35-39 age group in the province. Appointments for vaccines at community...
Two Alberta farmers have taken legal action against AlphaBow Energy Ltd. over allegedly delinquent annual lease agreement payments. According to the class action lawsuit filed by Wilf Kautz on behalf of property owners in Alberta, drilling for oil and gas has resulted in significant damage to his land and the...
The city of Gatineau and the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais are now on the red alert level following a consistent high number of COVID-19 cases in the regions. According to a City of Gatineau news release, the red alert level is effective starting Sunday (today) — a decision the City...