Toronto police say they’ve arrested a 61-year-old man in unsolved cold-case murders of two women who were found dead in the city decades ago. Chief James Ramer and Homicide Det. Steve Smith provided the update in the cases of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice on Monday morning. The two victims...
Airdrie's active cases of COVID-19 have dropped to 102, according to provincial government data. The Alberta government's COVID-19 regional status map shows Airdrie currently has a case rate of 145 per 100,000 population. As of Jan. 21, Airdrie reported a total of 1,716 cases of the virus. Of those, 1,594...
Quebec is reporting 1,014 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and nine more coronavirus-related deaths. Health officials say hospitalizations continued to declined for a fourth straight day by eight to 654, and 165 people are in intensive care — a decrease of 16 from Saturday. Authorities say of the nine deaths, six...
The New Zealand city of Hamilton has removed a bronze statue of the British naval officer for whom it is named after a request by the country’s indigenous people. Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton is accused of killing indigenous Maori people in the 1860s, with the removal of the statue...
Three residents of long-term care homes in British Columbia have passed away after contracting COVID-19, increasing the province’s death toll to 81. There are still 20 long-term care facilities in the province that are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks. B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced 29 new cases, bringing their...
Health Canada has authorized brand name changes for three COVID-19 vaccines approved for use. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will now be named Comirnaty, the Moderna vaccine will be named SpikeVax, and the AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria, Health Canada said in a tweet Thursday. “These are only name changes. There are...
Nine people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus while 18 people have been listed as recovered, officials with the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported Wednesday. The region’s total case count stands at 874, of which 732 have recovered. The region’s death toll, 57, has not changed since June 12. As...
Mauril-Bélanger elementary in Vanier has become the third school in Ottawa to be closed after an outbreak of COVID-19. The school on Montgomery Street was closed Monday, said a spokesperson for the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. Ottawa Public Health reported an outbreak at the school that involved...
New anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they're not home drew furious criticism on Saturday as the number of infected people in hospital reached record levels. More than 2,000 patients were in the province's hospitals due...
NRPH reports 20 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as the number of active infections continue to drop. There are 177 confirmed active cases, down from over 200 last week. Two of Thursday's reported cases were found in Thorold, bringing the town's historic total to 105. - Public Health Ontario has confirmed...