Canada

Canadian Blood Services in Charlottetown is hoping Islanders who have had COVID-19 will consider making a plasma donation, as part of a national clinical trial to test whether COVID-19 convalescent plasma could help treat patients with the virus. Blood plasma from recovered patients — called "convalescent plasma," is expected to...

Islanders who have recovered from COVID-19 are being urged to donate plasma. Turnstiles activated by a hand sanitizer dispenser are being installed in Charlottetown. The turnstiles were designed and made on P.E.I. A P.E.I. mother is lobbying the federal government for an extension of maternity leave during the pandemic. A heart of...

B.C.'s top health officials will provide an update on the latest infections of COVID-19 in the province on Tuesday, May 19 at 3 p.m. PT. B.C. has recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases in the 48-hour period between Saturday and Monday, as the province prepares to enter Phase 2 of its...

People who make their living from Calgary's usually booming Indian wedding industry are facing a huge financial hit while they wait out COVID-19 for what could be the rest of 2020. The large and lavish events can run for several days and can involve up to 500 guests travelling from...

Quebec has 43,627 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 3,596 people have died. That is an increase of 707 cases and 34 deaths from a day earlier. Retail stores in the Montreal area will be allowed to reopen on May 25. Daycares in the greater Montreal area will reopen on June 1,...

Ontario has reported 304 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 22,957. The latest number tracks with the increases recorded last week — all of which fell roughly between 300 and 350 new cases per day. The Ontario health ministry...

Monday’s announcement brings the total number of active cases in Alberta to 1,036, nearly 30 fewer active cases than the province's last count on Sunday. The provincial update also said hospitalization rates were still low with just 65 people currently in hospital, nine of them in intensive care. As of...

The province has reported 304 new cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 22,957. There were 23 new deaths, a total of 1,904, while nearly 17,638 cases are considered resolved, which makes up 76.8 per cent of all confirmed cases. The reported number of...

The province announced three new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. Despite the new cases, Monday marks the third consecutive day without a death in the province. The most recent deaths in the province were announced on Friday, when four residents at a Northwood long-term care facility died from the disease. The...

There are no new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north region and an outbreak at a health centre in La Loche has been declared over. Elsewhere, an investigation has ended and an outbreak won't be declared at the Pasqua Hospital in Regina. New numbers, published on Saturday afternoon, said there...