On Tuesday, the death toll from COVID-19 in Quebec rose to 5,029. There are also 138 new cases reported in the province, bringing the total number of cases to 53,047. During Tuesday’s press conference, Premier Legault said that passing the 5,000 deaths mark is a clear sign that the province...
A Summerland couple has been playing the same seven numbers on the Lotto Max for the last seven years and it finally paid off. On May 1, Robert Bitte and Leah Schmidt matched six numbers and the bonus to win $1,052,328.10. “I started playing Lotto Max seven years ago,” Bitte said...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll propose equipping police with body-worn cameras to the country’s premiers this week, hoping for rapid movement. The cameras document police officers’ interactions with the public and Trudeau says they’re a relatively simple way to address complaints that police in Canada treat racialized people unfairly. “Many...
The Saskatoon Fire Department says a blaze that destroyed a house and a garage in the Pacific Heights area early Saturday morning was the result of an unattended open-air firepit. A fire investigator has confirmed the fire originated in an illegal container without a screen and quickly spread to a...
On Monday, health officials reported the smallest increase to its total case count since March 29, with 243 new patients. It comes a day after that the province reported 415 confirmed cases of COVID-19, but that 223 of them “were impacted by a laboratory-to-public health reporting delay.” That means 192...
New Brunswick reports nine new cases There are now 146 cases of COVID-19 that have been diagnosed in New Brunswick, including 121 that have recovered. There remains only one COVID-19-related death in the province. Of the nine new cases, eight are linked to an outbreak at the long-term care facility Manoir...
A total of 7,202 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Alberta, including 64 reported on Monday. Since Alberta does not report on Sunday, this is the total number of cases added over the last two days There were also three deaths reported, bringing the provincial total number of...
In the previous three 24-hour reporting periods, no COVID-19-related deaths have been recorded by the province, officials announced on Monday. There were however 30 new cases reported in that time, bringing the total number of cases in B.C. to 2,659. Most of the new cases in B.C. are related...
The RCMP is looking to add incels to its Terrorism and Violent Extremism Awareness guide, according to Global News. The police force released a statement noting that it added incel attacks under the category of violent extremism. It also said it was working on making changes to its terrorism awareness guide,...
Ten family members of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was fatally shot by police in Edmundston, N.B., are travelling across the country from British Columbia to offer support to her mother and daughter, relatives said Sunday. Amy Charlie, who grew up with Chantel Moore, said in an interview from Tofino,...