The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care was above 70 on Monday, as Manitoba health officials reported 303 new COVID-19 cases and another death linked to a variant of concern. The most recent death reported on Monday was a man in his 70s from the Interlake-Eastern health region. The...
Nearly two months after the Ontario government enacted a provincewide stay-at-home order in response to the third wave of COVID-19, it is set to be rescinded on June 2 as health-care indicators continue to show improvement. However, despite the end of the order, the so-called emergency brake (similar to the...
A B.C. First Nation has confirmed that the remains of 215 children who were students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School have been found on the reserve using ground-penetrating radar. In a news release, Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation Chief Rosanne Casimir calls the discovery an “unthinkable loss that was...
Moderna will ship two million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada in the first three weeks of June, but it will have to more than double that number in the second half of the month if it’s to meet its delivery targets. The federal government announced on Thursday that it had...
The Ontario government will be providing an update on its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan on Friday. First doses of vaccine are currently available to individuals 12 years old and up in Ontario, as vaccine eligibility expanded to those between 12 and 17 years old on Sunday. A vaccination appointment can...
New Brunswick has unveiled its road map to have all of its COVID-19 restrictions lifted by Aug. 2, a plan it calls the "Return to Green." Provincial Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said today the three-stage plan to reach the green alert level could be altered if the province falls short...
Saskatchewan confirmed 118 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Thursday. According to the province, the deaths include one person in their 60s, two people in their 70s and two people in the 80-plus age range, all from Saskatoon. The sixth death was a person in their 70s from the...
Manitoba public health officials announced eight deaths from COVID-19 and 297 new cases of the illness on Thursday. That's the highest daily death total in the pandemic's third wave and the most since Jan. 19, when there were 11. The number of Manitobans who have died from COVID-19 since the start...
Manitoba is extending its COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and businesses for another two weeks. The province's hief public health officer, Dr. Brent Roussin, says case numbers and hospitalizations remain high and the health system is under great strain. The announcement means a ban on social gatherings, both indoors and out, that...
Friends and family are mourning the loss of a young mother of two who had COVID-19 and died after a failed attempt to airlift her to a hospital in Ontario. Krystal Mousseau, 31, died Monday in Brandon, following an attempted medical transfer to an intensive care unit in Ontario due...