An Estevan man has been charged after the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Moose Jaw Crime Reduction Team (CRT) executed two search warrants at residences in Estevan as part of an ongoing investigation. The RCMP says they located and seized seven restricted handguns, three semi-automatic firearms and three long-barrelled firearms. One handgun and...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging people not to travel as Canada’s two largest provinces reported a decrease in hospitalizations after weeks of surging COVID-19 numbers. Trudeau says it’s time to “kill the second wave of the virus.” The government is mulling a mandatory quarantine in hotels for returning travellers as...
The province announced 78 new cases of COVID-19 in the Saskatchewan on Saturday — the fourth consecutive day with a new case count over 60, and the eighth with a count over 50. Saskatoon remains the hot spot in the province, with 41 new cases, followed by 18 in Regina. Seven...
Ontario is reporting 2,123 new cases of COVID-19, a decrease from numbers released Sunday, but with a small increase in patients in intensive care in hospital and an additional 17 deaths recorded. Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted the update Monday morning, as officials prepared to release new modelling numbers and...
Two more Manitoba school divisions are moving to online learning this week. The Garden Valley and Red River Valley School Divisions will move to remote learning, effective Tuesday and continuing until May 30. The addition of those divisions means 373 schools in the province have now moved to remote learning, out...
Durham Regional Police say a second-degree murder charge has been laid against a 72-year-old woman after the body of another woman was found in north Pickering. Police said on Sunday at around 10:30 p.m. officers located the body in a densely wooded area near Concession Road 9 and Sideline 28. “The...
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...
Alberta is cracking down on repeat offenders breaking COVID-19 health rules by better coordinating the responses of multiple government agencies, Justice Minister and Solicitor General Kaycee Madu said Wednesday morning. Madu said that, along with increasing fines for public health violations to $2,000 from $1,000, the government has created new...
Today, June 20, Nova Scotia is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 and seven recoveries. The two cases are in Central Zone and both are close contacts of previously reported cases. There is limited community spread in Central Zone. Eastern, Northern and Western Zones continue to be closely monitored for community...
The federal government is providing rent relief to businesses that can’t afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are seriously curtailed or shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal help, expected to lower rent by 75 per cent for affected small businesses, will be...