Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry was “happy” to report that no new cases were found among residents of long-term care facilities over the last day, as the total remains at 330 residents. There are still 14 long-term care or assisted-living facilities, and two acute-care units that have active outbreaks....
British Columbia has marked its highest three-day case count since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 1,120 new cases in the province announced Monday. There were 352 new cases identified Friday to Saturday, followed by 389 Saturday to Sunday and 379 in the past 24 hours. A total of...
An injured man was unconscious and another sustained an abdomen wound after gunfire rang out in the Oakridge area of Scarborough on Monday night. Toronto Police were called to the Warden Ave.-Firvalley Ct. area for a shooting shortly after 7 p.m. Initial reports said a man was found conscious and breathing...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an ongoing review of the federal response to COVID-19 will feed into plans for responding to a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus. Trudeau says there are plenty of things that in hindsight the government might have done differently or sooner, but he didn't...
Nova Scotia had no new cases of COVID-19 to report Sunday, leaving the province with three active cases. One of the active cases was reported by the Health Department on Friday, and the other two Saturday. All three cases are travel-related and are in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s northern zone,...
An Australian man who suffered life-altering injuries after a fall in Grouse Mountain’s snowboard park has been granted the right to sue the mountain by the B.C. Court of Appeal. The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed his lawsuit in June, but a three-judge panel overturned that decision earlier this week. Jason Apps...
New Brunswick is reporting two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total of active cases to 65 in the province. On Sunday, the province issued a release with details about the two new cases. The new cases are two people in their 60s in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) and are self-isolating. The...
An outbreak of the COVID variant that was first identified in Brazil has been declared at a workplace in the Calgary zone, as variant cases continue to spread in Alberta. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, did not disclose the location of the local workplace outbreak Monday...
The Manitoba government has signed a pay agreement that will allow nurses to be shifted to priority areas in the fight against COVID-19. It says the agreement with the Manitoba Nurses Union will allow nurses to be redeployed in personal care homes, intensive care units and designated COVID-19 units. Health Minister...
Doctors in northwestern New Brunswick held a news conference on Wednesday to try and convince the local population to take the pandemic more seriously. The Edmundston, N.B., region has been under a 14-day lockdown since Sunday and has nearly half the 339 active reported COVID-19 infections in the province. Several doctors...