RCMP officers fatally shot a man outside the Red Deer hospital on Monday night. Officers were responding to multiple driving complaints when they stopped a vehicle in the parkade of the hospital at about 9 p.m., RCMP said in a release. There was a confrontation between the officers and the driver...
Quebecers aged 12 to 17 can now make an appointment to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccination campaign was originally set to start Tuesday, but time slots became available as of Monday evening on the Clic Santé portal. Vaccination efforts will focus on schools during the weeks of June 7 and...
Ontario residents who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine between March 10 and March 19 became eligible on Monday to book an appointment for their second shot. However, some expressed frustration with a lack of available bookings and vaccine supply. Last week, a spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry...
Firefighters spent the morning of Victoria Day battling a serious blaze that tore through a commercial building in downtown New Westminster. The fire erupted at around 3:16 a.m. at a building on Columbia Street that houses the Heritage Grill, Happy Buddha Tattoo and other businesses. Chief Tim Armstrong of New Westminster...
With less than a week to go before the first step in Saskatchewan’s reopening plan comes into effect, the province has cleared the second milestone in the strategy. The province reported more than 70 per cent of residents over 30 years old have received their first dose of a COVID-19...
Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting 15 new COVID-19 cases Monday, along with a list of public exposures to the virus. Of the new cases, four are in the Moncton region (Zone 1). All four are in their 20s. One is a contact of a previously confirmed case, and...
The number of new known cases of COVID-19 continues to decline as Alberta reports 563 on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases to 14,533. Alberta labs completed 6,944 tests over the past 24 hours. The positivity rate is 8.9 per cent in the province. Here's how active...
Manitoba public health officials reported four additional deaths and 353 new cases of COVID-19 on Victoria Day Monday. As well, four Manitobans were sent to intensive care units in Ontario Sunday with more expected to be sent Monday. There were no details given on the four deaths due to the...
As Quebecers prepare to have health restrictions lightened on May 28, the province reported 433 new COVID-19 cases on Monday bringing the overall total of infections to 367,809 since the start of the pandemic. It is the second day in a row the province has reported fewer than 500...
Fourteen people who landed in Manitoba's intensive care units after getting COVID-19 have now been transferred to hospitals across Ontario. That includes four patients moved later Sunday, after the province provided that day's update on Manitoba's efforts to free up space in its strained intensive care units, a spokesperson for...