Health officials announced 18 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, increasing the province’s total case count to 435. In a tweet, Manitoba announced that their online data will be updated Monday, which should provide more information on the 20 patients that were identified over the weekend. As of Friday, 337 people...
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) The CRTC today announced that certain telecommunications providers will be able to access the wireless networks of Canada’s dominant providers to offer Canadians more choice and affordable options. As a result, regional providers that invest in network infrastructure and spectrum will be able to offer...
Walmart Canada is closing six stores and spending $500 million to upgrade more than half its remaining locations in a bid to improve the “look and feel” of its stores and enhance its online business. The chain says it’s closing three stores in Ontario (Mississauga, Hamilton, and Kitchener), two in...
The Ministry of Health reported 51 more fatalities, marking the biggest daily increase in deaths since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It raises the province’s death toll to 385. The fatalities are among Ontario’s 8,447 cases after health officials also diagnosed 494 more patients in the last 24 hours....
B.C. health officials reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Sept. 15, but none of the new cases are in Island Health. Island Health continues to have 12 active cases and no hospitalizations. Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, released Tuesday’s numbers in a...
Some Manitobans are now eligible for a third dose of vaccine. Those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised due to a medical condition or treatment will be eligible, as will individuals who need a third dose for travel purposes or people who received one or two doses of a vaccine...
A man who savagely beat a teen with a baseball bat has been ordered by a judge to pay $6.9 million following civil court proceedings. In the early hours of June 19, 2016, Kristopher Teichrieb saw Jessie Simpson, 18, in the yard of his Kamloops home and had a confrontation...
The body of a missing woman from Waterloo Region has been found in B.C., Saturday. 22-year-old Jacqueline "Jacqui" McDermott, originally from Kitchener, went missing Oct.1 after attending a yoga retreat but left a short time after it began. Her vehicle was later found broken down near Merritt B.C., and...
Just one day after Premier Doug Ford’s office said they were told to be prepared for AstraZeneca shipment delays, the Ontario government has announced that select pharmacies in COVID-19 hot spots will begin to offer vaccinations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In a news release issued Tuesday...
Ottawa has extended for at least another month a sweeping travel ban that bars entry to all travellers who are not Canadian citizens, permanent residents or people entering from the U.S. for "essential" reasons. The order, which was set to expire tonight, "has been extended until July 31 for public...