Three hospitals in Toronto are facing COVID-19 outbreaks, with several patients and staff confirmed to be infected. St. Joseph’s Health Centre in the west end, as of this morning, has seven active COVID-19 positive patients and 11 active COVID-19 positive staff related to the outbreaks. The total number of patient cases...
One more resident of the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Municipality has died after contracting COVID-19. Of the province’s 28 fatalities, 22 of them have been linked to the long-term care home. In all of Nova Scotia, there are 935 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after 20 new patients were...
New Brunswick reported seven new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, which includes two travel-related cases currently outside the province. In a release, the province said there are two new cases in Zone 2, the Saint John region, involving one person in their 40s and another in their 50s. One is travel-related...
Nearly 4,500 new COVID-19 infections were logged in Ontario over two days as the province sets a new record for most cases reported in a single day. The data released Tuesday shows that 2,553 cases were logged this morning, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic, while another...
COVID-19 infection rates at a Calgary jail exploded Friday as Alberta recorded record-breaking case counts for a third-straight day. Alberta Health Services confirmed 50 inmates and five correctional peace officers have now been infected at the Calgary Correctional Centre, in the northwest outskirts of the city. It’s a considerable uptick...
Ontario reported 81 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 40,646. It’s a slight decrease in the number of new cases compared to Saturday, when 106 were reported. “Locally, 31 of the province’s 34 public health units are reporting five...
Quebec's first COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered Monday afternoon in Montreal, a public health official said, as health-care workers prepared for what is being called the "historic" rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Francine Dupuis, associate CEO of the regional health authority for west-central Montreal, said residents of Maimonides Geriatric Centre...
Plan ahead to make sure this year's Thanksgiving holiday is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's top public health officer urged on Sunday as case counts continued to soar in several parts of the country. Dr. Theresa Tam said indoor holiday gatherings of family or friends should be kept small,...
A missing person's case has come to a tragic end. Today, the body of UBC sociology professor Sinikka Elliott was found on Salt Spring Island, according to an RCMP statement. She had been missing since May 12. More than 100 volunteers assisted in the search. "Although a full determination has yet to be...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the ninth straight day with less than 100 new cases in the capital. There is also one new death linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa. Since the first case of COVID-19 on March 11, there have been 6,296...