The BC legislature will be lit in red tonight to honour the 22 victims who died in a killing rampage in Nova Scotia last weekend. A virtual vigil for the victims will be livestreamed on Facebook this evening since large gatherings are banned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The BC government says it stands in mourning with all Nova Scotians. Premier John Horgan says in a tweet that he is also wearing red today to show he is standing with the families in mourning.

An online vigil with recorded tributes and music honouring the 22 people who died in a tragic rampage began Friday with a fiddle performance from the massacre's youngest victim. Nova Scotia residents spent the week gathering recorded tributes from public figures, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Stephen McNeil and Governor General Julie Payette. Nova Scotia fiddler Natalie MacMaster recorded herself playing along with a video of 17 year old Emily Tuck performing the waltz ``In Memory of Herbie MacLeod,'' uploaded to Facebook a month before she was killed with her mother and fa

The Manitoba government is promising wage subsidies for businesses that hire students this summer. Premier Brian Pallister says the government will pay half of eligible wages, up to $7 per hour, to a maximum of $5,000 per student aged 15-29. Each employer can get the subsidy for a maximum of five students, and the money will be paid out after summer ends. Pallister says the subsidy should help businesses hurt by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says more than 2,000 people have died from COVID-19 and more than 643,000 tests have been administered, with over 6.5 per cent of people testing positive. Tam says she wants to recognize the work of health care workers who are going the extra mile to care for COVID-19 patients, especially those working in long-term care centres, where numerous outbreaks have caused many illnesses and deaths. She highlighted the story of Michelle, a nurse in Nova Scotia who was recently reassigned to work a nursing home and has decided live in a hotel to keep her fam

A flood warning has been issued for a river near Prince George, B.C., after it rose nearly 35 centimetres in a day. The B.C. River Forecast Centre, which assesses water supply, flood risk and predicts flows in provincial waterways, upgraded the warning for the Chilako River early Friday. It says the river and its tributaries southwest of Prince George are expected to continue to rise, possibly into the weekend. The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George issued evacuation orders late Thursday for 40 properties on part of Upper Mud River Road near the Chilako River, 30 kilometres southwest of

RCMP have given the all clear after investigating reports of shots fired in two Halifax suburbs. The police say they extensively searched the area and found no evidence of shots having been fired. They say they will continue to patrol the area.

Nova Scotia is reporting 23 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 850. Health officials say 11 people are currently in hospital with three of those patients in intensive care. The province reported no new deaths on Friday and has registered a total of 16 deaths. Officials say 392 people have now recovered and their cases of COVID-19 are considered resolved.

Ontario is reporting 640 new COVID-19 cases today, and 50 more deaths. That's the largest single day increase in new cases so far, though the growth rate in total cases remains relatively low, at five per cent. Ontario has now had 13,519 total cases, including 763 deaths and 7,087 resolved cases. Long-term care deaths, which are reported in a different database that often doesn't sync up with the total provincial numbers increased by 57 over the past day.

Quebec is reporting 97 more deaths linked to COVID-19, brining the provincial tally to 1,340. But Premier Francois Legault says the situation in Quebec is divided between the province's hard-hit seniors and long-term care homes and the rest of the province where the situation is stable. Legault says he knows he's been telling Quebecers to stay home for weeks, but he says the province will present a plan next week to gradually relaunch the economy and reopen schools and daycares. The province reported 22,616 confirmed cases of the virus today, with 1,460 people hospitalized and 227 in intensiv