Health officials in Nova Scotia identified three new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with the total number of active cases remaining at 24. According to the province’s website, three previously reported cases are now considered resolved. Public health says all of the new cases are in the Central Zone, which includes the...
Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network that has not formally blocked Huawei from 5G networks, but it has effectively done just that, delaying a decision long enough to force telecom companies to exclude the Chinese gear maker. The strategy allows Canada to keep on the...
Alberta is following the steps of Ontario and calling the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines "interchangeable" in the face of a two-to-three-day delay in the latter product. The province is set to receive some 280,000 Pfizer doses the week of June 21, but Canada's shipment of 2.4 million shots from...
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:50 a.m. ET on May 24, 2020: There are 84,081 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 46,838 confirmed (including 3,940 deaths, 14,044 resolved) _ Ontario: 25,500 confirmed (including 2,073 deaths, 19,477 resolved) _ Alberta: 6,818 confirmed (including 135...
Restaurateur Leslie Echino laughs at the notion that even as Alberta lifts many more COVID-19 restrictions her business could return to anywhere close to normal. As of Friday, restaurants, bars, lounges and cafes are no longer limited to half capacity, although they still have to follow distancing rules and seat...
An Australian man who suffered life-altering injuries after a fall in Grouse Mountain’s snowboard park has been granted the right to sue the mountain by the B.C. Court of Appeal. The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed his lawsuit in June, but a three-judge panel overturned that decision earlier this week. Jason Apps...
Out of nearly 7,000 COVID-19 tests conducted as part of a recently launched voluntary pilot project at Toronto Pearson International Airport, 146 have come back positive – resulting in a 2.26 per cent positivity rate. These details on the pilot project were provided ahead of Premier Doug Ford speaking at...
An outbreak of COVID-19 at Simcoe Manor in Beeton has claimed the life of one, perhaps two, residents. Test results are pending on the second resident who died Sunday morning. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit declared the outbreak Friday. Four staff and four residents have tested positive for the virus....
Quebec is intensifying its COVID-19 vaccination efforts on Monday with 21 sites opening across the province in a bid to maximize inoculation for priority groups. At the top of the list are residents of long-term care homes (CHSLD), as well as health-care workers in those facilities. Personal caregivers of residents in...
Rescue crews are searching the Capilano River this morning for a person, after one man died and four others were rescued when water suddenly gushed from a dam at the Capilano River in North Vancouver Thursday. “Be aware that NSR will be flying low and slow over the Capilano River...