A total of 228 people are currently receiving care in an Ontario intensive care unit (ICU) with COVID-19 on Sunday, as the province continues efforts to control the spread of the virus. That’s according to new data released by the provincial government on Sunday. The number of people in ICU dropped...
Two members of the Prince Albert Police have been suspended with pay from active duty following the death of a 13-month-old child who was allegedly killed by his father hours after police attended a residence in the city. Chief Jonathan Bergen confirmed today the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission told him...
As people in B.C. continue to step up and become vaccinated in record numbers, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have decreased, leading the provincial health officer to lift additional public health orders. As of Friday, March 11, 2022, B.C.’s indoor mask order is being repealed along with eased restrictions on long-term...
SURREY, B.C. - B.C.'s poison information centre and the Fraser Health authority are warning the public not to consume Wing Hing brand sand ginger powder after two people were hospitalized last month. Fraser Health says in a news release the product sold at the Crystal Mall in Burnaby may contain...
Five people on Vancouver Island have died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, officials say. B.C. health officials in a statement to the media Wednesday reported 274 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths, including five in the Island Health region. The remaining deaths were in Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health...
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says its thoughts are with the family and friends of the victims of Friday’s rockfall incident on Highway 1 in the Kicking Horse Canyon. “This was a tragic incident, likely related to freeze/thaw conditions that can happen frequently at this time of year. While...
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been assigned to a case after a woman and two children were taken to hospital and a male was arrested in Mississauga on Monday. Peel Regional Police were called to the Erin Mills neighbourhood at Southampton Drive and Eglinton Avenue for reports of a...
Vancouver police are looking for anyone who saw a fatal accident occur in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside March 7. A 57-year-old man crossing West Hastings Street near Carral Street was hit by a transport truck around 10 a.m. this morning, according to the VPD. Unfortunately the man died at the scene,...
A 19-year-old woman is dead after a car struck a concrete barrier near Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway early on Sunday morning. Toronto police say they were called to Jameson Avenue and Lakeshore Boulevard West at 2:40 a.m. Sunday for a report of a collision. Investigators say a BW coupe was headed eastbound...
Two men have been charged in relation to a pair of armed robberies that sparked a police chase which ultimately ended up at the Halifax Shopping Centre — forcing shoppers and employees to hide as officers canvassed for the suspects. Daniel Christian Anthony Johnson, 27, and Colton Alan Grantmyre, 26,...