QUEBEC — The number of COVID-19 cases may have plateaued in Quebec, but they remain at a deadly level, Premier François Legault said Thursday as the province counted another 1,033 cases and 20 new deaths. Legault and government health officials had initially signalled a victory when cases appeared to level...
Demonstrators have dismantled and left their Saint-Lambert rail blockade on Montreal’s south shore Friday evening after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for an end to the rail blockades across Canada. After being served with an injunction on Thursday, protesters continued to obstruct the tracks on Friday as local police officers...
Health officials have diagnosed 23 patients with COVID-19, increasing Nova Scotia’s case count to 850. No new fatalities were reported after three straight days of having at least one recorded death. Among the province’s total cases are 392 people who have recovered from the virus, up by 34 since yesterday. There...
Edmonton city council will consider a temporary bylaw that would impose $100 fines for people who don't wear masks in any indoor public places starting on Aug. 1. Council will debate the bylaw at a special meeting on Wednesday. The draft bylaw was posted to the city's website just days after...
The City of Toronto has launched an investigation after two Black women alleged they were racially targeted by a bylaw enforcement official during a visit to Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Videos which were posted to Instagram on Tuesday show the women repeatedly asking the bylaw official why he asked them...
Quebec is reporting 1,328 new cases of COVID-19 and 53 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 16 that occurred in the past 24 hours. Health officials said today hospitalizations dropped by 34, to 1,290, and 221 people were in intensive care, a rise of four. The province says 4,340...
Ontario reported 404 additional cases of COVID-19 on Monday, a 1.5 per cent jump in newly confirmed infections that marks a slight increase relative to daily growth rates seen over the last week. The new cases come as the number of tests processed dropped below the province's target of 16,000...
Ontario reported 412 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, continuing an upward trend and pushing the total number of cases in the province to more than 25,000 since the pandemic began. Of the total number, 76.5 per cent, or 19,146, are resolved. The new numbers are a drop after Friday's...
A Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear in court wearing a hijab apologized on Tuesday, more than five years after the incident occurred. A letter of apology from Quebec court Judge Eliana Marengo was read out at a hearing of the province's judicial council as...
How's the year going for an ice resurfacing machine at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex? Not great. The ice resurfacer caught fire on Wednesday after a hose broke and the fluid burned off, according to the general manager of the Iceplex, Chris Woodworth. It was put out quickly and no one was...