The Ontario government announced Friday that the Peel region is moving into the red zone of restrictions. “The numbers that we’re seeing in Peel and specifically Brampton, they’re just going through the roof,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday. “It’s out of control right now and we have react.” This...
Total COVID-19 cases in Canada: 17,045 diagnoses and 344 deaths (as of April 7, 10:30 a.m. ET) Alberta - 1,348 cases, including 24 deaths (361 resolved) British Columbia - 1,266 cases, 39 deaths (783 resolved) Manitoba - 204 cases, 2...
Ontario is reporting 401 new and confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 7,049. A total of 274 people have died of the virus. The Ontario government says 3,121 people have recovered from a confirmed case of the illness. Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new COVID-19...
Six additional residents of the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax Regional Municipality have died. Of the province’s 37 total deaths, 31 of them have been at the long-term care facility, which has 305 total cases among residents (220) and staff (85). In all of Nova Scotia, health officials have diagnosed...
Ontario has reported 304 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 22,957. The latest number tracks with the increases recorded last week — all of which fell roughly between 300 and 350 new cases per day. The Ontario health ministry...
Families in Ontario can now expand the number of people they have close contact with to 10, as the province moved Friday to further loosen public health restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford unveiled the new advice on "social circles" from the province's chief medical...
There are now 114 people in British Columbia who have passed away after contracting COVID-19, after health officials recorded two more fatalities in the past 24 hours. One of the victims was in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, the other in Fraser Health. Twenty-six new cases were also announced, for a...
Fifty people with COVID-19 have now died in British Columbia, after health officials reported two new fatalities on Thursday. One death was reported in both the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced 34 new patients, increasing their case count to 1,370. Of...
A person in the Saskatoon area has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 684. This includes two people who are from out of province, but tested positive in Saskatchewan. Currently, there are 40 active cases in the province, with three of those...
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...