According to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, 161 new coronavirus cases have been added to the provincial tally over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 373,531. Quebec public health has also added one additional death to the total, attributable to “before June 10.” Since Wednesday...
Ontario is reporting 370 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the province reaches another new daily milestone for the most shots administered in 24 hours hitting just over 210,000 doses. The provincial case total now stands at 541,180. Thursday’s case count is a decrease from Wednesday’s, with a lower test...
An additional 30,000 appointments for a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be added to city-run clinics next week, marking the first time Toronto’s mass immunization sites have offered anything but the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. The new appointments, the city said, are being added to the system in response...
Ontario says it is moving up appointments for second doses of COVID-19 vaccines for a number of groups in the coming weeks, and by June 28 all adults will be eligible for their subsequent shots. Anyone who got a first shot of an mRNA vaccine (either Pfizer of Moderna)...
In a scathing farewell speech, Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq blasted the federal government for inaction on Indigenous issues and accused parliamentary security of racial profiling. During a series of speeches by MPs not seeking re-election, Qaqqaq said federal security frequently stopped her to the point where she did not...
B.C. health officials announced 113 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths on Wednesday. In a written statement, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said there are currently 1,454 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C. Wednesday's update includes zero...
Newfoundland and Labrador expects to be way ahead of schedule on vaccinations this summer, but there won’t be a corresponding rush to open up the province any sooner. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said Wednesday there are too many variables at play to make any predictions about...
If you asked Justin Trudeau who worries him more – Erin O’Toole or Jagmeet Singh – the odds are high he would say the NDP leader, rather than the Conservative. With the march to a fall election apparently inexorable, O’Toole has focused on the prime minister’s competence, or lack of,...
Saskatchewan reported two COVID-19-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the province’s total up to 562 since the pandemic began. One of the recently deceased was reported in the 80-plus age group from the north west zone and the other was in their 70s from central east, according to the daily update. Health...
The province will enter Phase 2 on the path toward the Green level of the COVID-19 recovery plan, effective as of midnight tonight, two weeks ahead of the original target date. As of today, 75.4 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have been vaccinated with at least one dose of...