Health officials in Waterloo Region recorded 12 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, marking the lowest daily increase since late October. Among the new cases, nine were linked to Monday and the remainder were from previous reporting periods. Tuesday's update marks the lowest daily total since Oct. 27, when nine cases were reported. Active...
Ontario reported 164 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as well as 80 older cases from 2020 that were included today as part of a data review by Toronto Public Health. Today's count is down from last Tuesday when the province saw 209 further cases, suggesting that the pandemic...
According to the BC Wildfire Service’s monitoring dashboard, there are 196 active fires in the province, 40 of which began in the last two days alone. Twelve of the blazes are listed as “wildfires of note,” meaning they are highly visible or potentially pose a threat to public safety. Lightning is...
Nearly a year after Calgary implemented its mandatory mask bylaw, city councillors have voted to repeal most of the city's mask rules. Council voted 10-4 on Monday in favour of repealing the bylaw that had mandated mask use at all city facilities, malls, retail businesses, places of worship and public...
Que. - Quebec provincial police say a woman in her 20s has died after she was struck by a plane north of Montreal today. The woman was riding a tractor close to a runway near St-Esprit, Que., about 60 kilometres north of Montreal, when a plane performing a landing manoeuvre...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan this afternoon. Chief Cadmus Delorme says in a statement on Twitter that the prime minister and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will attend a signing ceremony as part of a transfer of control over children in care to...
Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools. A crowd chanted "no pride in genocide" before pulling down the statues of...
A Gatineau woman has died after spending several hours in pain, lying on the floor of the Hull Hospital emergency department, leaving her family distraught and demanding change. Anne Pommainville, 58, went to the hospital in Gatineau, Que., on the evening of June 27, but was unable to sit on...
More than 40 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers are now fully vaccinated, as the province reports just one new case of COVID-19. The new case is in Zone 3 (Fredericton region) involving a person in their 20s. This case is related to travel. With four recoveries since Sunday, the province...
Manitoba reports 65 new cases of COVID-19 and another death on Monday as the province looks toward the end of the pandemic. The forward view comes as nearly 75 per cent of eligible Manitobans have had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and more than 50 per cent have...