In its latest 24-hour stretch, the Ministry of Health completed its most ever tests with 22,730. It’s the third straight day that Ontario has reached its goal of 16,000 and it’s the closest the province has come to hitting its maximum capacity of 25,000. Over the past few weeks, Premier...
The region's health unit has confirmed 53 new COVID cases in Simcoe County and two in Muskoka District since it last reported on Friday. The health unit is reporting 16 new cases in Barrie, including two girls and one boy under 18, all close contacts; four men and two...
The crash-prone ferry MV Apollo, which officials on Quebec’s North Shore had hoped to sink and turn into an underwater diving attraction, is likely headed for the scrapyard. A non-profit organization that had been overseeing a plan to give the ferry new life as a diving destination and aquatic habitat...
One new case, located in Newfoundland and Labrador’s Eastern Health region, has been identified. It increases the province’s total to 257. Among the diagnoses, there are 189 recoveries, three deaths and six people in hospital, which includes three in intensive care. As of April 18, there have been 5,871 people in...
The Ontario government is providing $2 million to support festivals and events at Ontario Place this summer. “Ontario's heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries were hit first, the hardest, and will take the longest to recover from COVID-19,” Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries said...
When a Canadian soldier crashed his truck through security gates around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s home and prowled the grounds with three loaded guns, he said he hoped to provoke “a wake-up call and a turning point” for the country, revealing political intent behind the violence that is “quite...
Two new cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Health region have been identified in the past 24 hours, increasing Newfoundland and Labrador’s total to 261. It marks the province’s first case since May 1. "Ebbs and flows in the number of new cases is not unexpected, especially as we begin to...
New Brunswick Public Health is reporting seven new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, and 11 more recoveries, dropping the total number of active cases to 116 in the province. The new cases include four cases in Zone 2 and three new cases in Zone 3. To date, the number of confirmed cases in...
Statistics Canada and the country’s police chiefs have agreed to help collect and report data about Indigenous and ethnocultural groups when compiling information on victims and accused people. The national statistics agency and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police say the demand for this information has never been greater. The...
On the same day that schools reopened across British Columbia, health officials announced a record-high 139 new daily cases of COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said moving forward we can expect cases in schools — which has happened in other provinces across the country — but a system-wide...