The Windsor Essex County Health Unit reported six new cases of COVID-19 in the region on Tuesday. Among the new cases are three close contacts, one community case and one agri-farm worker. One case remains under investigation. There are no outbreaks to report at any long-term care facility, workplace, or school. Since...
The number of COVID-positive hospital patients in Ontario has jumped back up to rates reported more than three weeks ago. Today's update from the province indicates 790 COVID-positive patients in hospital, which is around the same amount reported at the end of Feburary and beginning of March. Since then...
Two people found dead near Penticton earlier this week in what police called a “targeted incident” were two Kamloops brothers. The bodies of Carlos and Erik Fryer were discovered by a local couple walking near a remote section of the Naramata Creek Forest Service Road on Monday morning, May 10. Radio...
Saskatchewan’s active COVID-19 cases have decreased and now sit at 2,408. This is the lowest number reported since April 10, when there were 2,381 active cases in the province. In the daily update, the death toll rose by one — there have now been 487 COVID-19-related deaths in Saskatchewan since...
The province’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system comes into effect Wednesday and those aged 13 and over who want to access non-essential services are required to show proof of vaccination. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced the implementation of the passport system in early August prompting some protests in Montreal and...
Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they're not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures. As the number of infected people in hospital reached record levels, Premier Doug...
Winnipeg's growing active COVID-19 caseload jumped again on Wednesday, when 30 of Manitoba's 42 new cases of the illness were people who live in the capital city. The update in a provincial news release came with a familiar plea to people living in or visiting Winnipeg: wash your hands, reduce...
Public Health Sudbury & Districts reported six new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Late Thursday, the health unit reported four new cases (numbers 193 to 196). All are from Greater Sudbury; one is a close contact of a known case, one is outbreak related, and two remain under investigation. All are...
A demonstration against the imposition of the curfew in Quebec is scheduled this afternoon in Montreal. Organizers from the group "No police solution to a health crisis" and others are denouncing what they call a police response to the crisis. "The curfew will have at most a symbolic effect," the group...
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says its thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of Friday’s rockfall incident on Highway 1 in the Kicking Horse Canyon. “This was a tragic incident, likely related to freeze/thaw conditions that can happen frequently at this time of year. While...