Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases today for the second time in the past week. Provincial health officials logged 170 new infections on Monday, down from 213 on Sunday and 210 last Monday. Today marks the lowest single-day tally since Sept. 10. One virus-related death was confirmed in the...
Summer break is fully underway for millions of Ontario youth, and starting after this weekend, those aged 12 to 17 will be able to add becoming fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to their summer bucket lists. Beginning at 8 a.m. on July 5, partially vaccinated youth aged 12 to 17 will...
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each jurisdiction reaching vaccination targets at certain dates, while also keeping the number of cases...
The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from the Canada Border Services Agency as it prepares for next week's preliminary easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions. After midnight Sunday...
New Brunswick is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 Friday, as the active number increases to 25. The two cases in Zone 1 (Moncton region) and include a person 20 to 29 and another 50 to 59. One is a contact of a previously confirmed case and the other is under...
Forty-five per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 12 and older now have two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the provincial government. In a press release, the government added 71 per cent of people 12 and older have their first shot. Health-care workers have administered an additional 20,981 vaccine doses....
The province has announced seven new deaths and 145 new cases of COVID-19 since Wednesday, including 54 on Friday. Front of mind for Dr. Jazz Atwal, deputy chief provincial public health officer, was the continued spread of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which the World Health Organization says it is the...
Twelve to 17-year-olds in Red Deer can get a COVID-19 shot without an appointment starting July 2. Alberta Health Services is opening a walk-in clinic for eligible youth at Westerner Exhibition Hall that will be open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. "We encourage all Albertans born in 2004...
Quebec reported just 69 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, adding to 93 new cases that were observed on Thursday, but not included in daily updates because of the holiday on Thursday. It was the lowest single-day increase since Aug. 26. That brings the total number of people infected...
Ontario is reporting 200 new cases of COVID-19 Friday and 284 cases on Thursday. The province did not release data about the novel coronavirus on the Canada Day holiday. Ontario reports 28 deaths linked to the virus over the two daily reports — 19 on Thursday and nine today. Health Minister Christine...