Tag Archives: Health

WINNIPEG - COVID-19 has spread to Hutterite colonies in all three Prairie provinces, with five new cases of the virus reported Friday in one Manitoba community. The provincial gove...

OTTAWA - Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars an...

TORONTO - It could be "A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood" if you come across a life-sized decal of Tom Hanks in downtown Toronto. Images of the Oscar-winning actor have been laid on the ground...

VANCOUVER - More people are testing positive for COVID-19 in British Columbia, including a baby in a neo-natal intensive care unit in a Vancouver hospital. B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonn...

HALIFAX - The Theodore Tugboat replica that has long been a children's favourite in the Halifax harbour is being put up for sale as COVID-19 causes a crash in tourism revenues in N...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:08 p.m. on July 17, 2020: There are 109,669 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,142 confirmed (including 5,647 deaths, 49,939 resol...

WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Diseas...

VICTORIA - A recent study in British Columbia confirms far more people have carried the novel coronavirus than were tested for it, and public health officials say the findings will...

VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia, prompting the former provincial health officer to call for radical step...

VANCOUVER - The union representing hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The challenges facing workers a...