The severity of the impact of a COVID-19 outbreak at a B.C. mink farm will depend on whether officials are able to contain it to a single facility, experts say. On Friday, the province confirmed that 200 mink at the farm had died, likely from the vir...
Public health announced Friday that it has identified a positive case of COVID-19 in a traveller who may have been infectious on Dec. 4. According to health officials, the traveller was on the following flights: Air Canada Flight 8372 – from Fort McM...
Some asylum-seekers who toiled on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year will be able to apply for permanent residency in Canada beginning Dec. 14. The federal government announced the program for the “guardian angels” working in he...
B.C. reported another 16 deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with 566 new cases of the disease. The 16 fatalities bring the province’s COVID-19 death toll to 543. It is the first time in more than two weeks that B.C. officials reported fewer than...
Georgian Bay General Hospital has confirmed a total of 15 COVID-19 cases — 13 involving staff and two involving patients — as the outbreak has expanded to include all inpatient units. On Friday, a coronavirus outbreak was declared in one unit of the...
Georgian Bay General Hospital has confirmed a total of 15 COVID-19 cases — 13 involving staff and two involving patients — as the outbreak has expanded to include all inpatient units. On Friday, a coronavirus outbreak was declared in one unit of the...
The average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $695 for food next year, as the pandemic, wildfires and changing consumer habits drive-up grocery bills to the highest increase ever predicted by an annual food price report. Rising bread, meat and...
A 90-year-old woman in central England became the first person ever to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine outside clinical trials Tuesday, kicking off a nationwide rollout of inoculations that’s being watched around the world. Margaret K...
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 7, 2020 10:57 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Montreal’s Osheaga Music and Arts Festival has announced headliners for next s...
Quebec is reporting more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday for the first time since the pandemic began. The province reported 2,031 new infections as well as 48 additional deaths. The provincial death toll now stands at 7,231. Eleven of th...
