Quebec is reporting 182 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths attributed to the virus, but none in the past 24 hours. It was the seventh straight day on which daily infection rates came in below 200. Health officials say hospitalizations dropped by 17 to 227, while the number of patients...
Quebec Premier François Legault is remaining vague about when the COVID-19 state of emergency will be lifted, despite pressure from the opposition and civil rights groups. Asked Friday whether the government would lift the emergency order at the end of August, when most Quebecers are expected to be fully vaccinated,...
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 12 p.m. Nova Scotia is reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 and five recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 145. Health officials say half the new infections are in the Halifax-area, with four considered close...
Provincial health officials are reporting just over 500 new COVID-19 cases and 15 more deaths on Saturday. Ontario logged 502 coronavirus cases today, marking the third straight day where the daily case count topped 500. The province reported 574 new cases on Friday, 590 cases on Thursday, and 411 on Wednesday. The...
RCMP have discovered the dead body of a woman at a Naramata residence that they were investigating in relation to the double homicide of two Kamloops men in May. Police say they attended a residence on 3rd Street early June 9 as part of their murder investigation, when they discovered...
Ontario is hoping to have the majority of residents fully vaccinated by the end of summer. To do so, officials announced that they will be allowing residents to book their second shot of a COVID-19 vaccine sooner than anticipated. Residents have been asked to rebook their second appointments when they become...
Toronto Police are investigating the fatal shooting of man in Scarborough near Lawrence Avenue East and Scarborough Golf Club Road. Emergency crews were called around 1:15 on Friday morning. Paramedics arrived to find one man gravely injured on scene, where he was pronounced dead. They also found one woman in her...
Albertans who received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine in April can start booking their second shots immediately, Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday. The move accelerates the previous plan, which had been to open bookings on Monday for those Albertans. "This means an additional 650,000 Albertans can now start booking their...
The Ontario Ministry of Labour is investigating after a 27-year-old electrician died following a workplace accident at Novelis Inc. on Wednesday. Plant manager Dennis Brady told Postmedia that the accident occurred just after 2 p.m., when Michah Baerwald, who had been working with colleagues, was killed. Kingston Fire and Rescue was...
Health officials in Waterloo Region added 63 new COVID-19 infections Thursday as the region becomes designated a Delta variant hotspot by the province. With the new batch of confirmed cases, there are now 383 active cases in the region. Waterloo Region has logged 16,401 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began...