Public health officials have been warning about a recent increase in hospitalizations due to COVID-19, and new data from Alberta Health reveals just how long those sick with the disease are staying in hospital. More than 540 Albertans have been hospitalized to date and patients in non-intensive care units spent...
Ninety-five new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the last 24 hours in British Columbia, marking the biggest single day increase the province has reported since the start of the outbreak. The “dramatic” rise in cases is due to an increase in tests at several key outbreaks, said B.C. provincial...
Health officials in New Brunswick haven’t identified a new patient for the eighth straight day, as its total stays at 118. Of those cases, 111 have been resolved, setting a recovery rate of 94 per cent. Seven active cases remain in the entire province, which has a population of about...
Quebec is now officially under a curfew. The extraordinary measure, the first of its kind in Canada, was first announced by Premier Francois Legault earlier this week. Citing the exploding number of COVID-19 cases in the province and the extreme stress its placing on the healthcare system, Legault said the...
Two people are dead following a crash in Mississauga on Saturday morning, Peel police say. Shortly after 7:15 a.m., police responded to reports of a single-vehicle collision at Burnhamthorpe Road and Promontory Crescent. A vehicle reportedly drove off the roadway and burst into flames. Police said one person was found on the...
One person is dead after provincial police say an excavator hit a road sign on the QEW in Hamilton, causing it to fall and crush a passing vehicle. The excavator was hauling a piece of equipment and being driven up the highway toward a construction zone near Nikola Tesla Boulevard,...
The City of Ottawa is seeing the highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases in more than a week. Ottawa Public Health reported 91 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, along with one new death linked to novel coronavirus. It's the highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases since Nov. 1,...
Ontario is reporting 1,022 new cases of COVID-19 today and 17 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 343 new cases in Toronto, 250 in Peel Region, and 128 in York Region. Elliott also says that nearly 30,800 tests were completed since Monday’s update. Ontario is...
Police have charged a man with murder after his 59-year-old mother was found dead in her Langford home during a wellness check on New Year’s Eve. West Shore RCMP officers were called to the home on Selwyn Road for a welfare check shortly after noon on New Year’s Eve. Once inside,...
New cases now more or less proportionate to city's share of provincial population. A day after receiving praise from Ontario's health minister for its progress in curbing the spread of COVID-19, Ottawa has logged one of its lowest daily case counts of the month. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) reported 58 new...