Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says if Canadians continue their current rates of contact, COVID-19 case counts will reach eight-thousand per day by December. Dr. Tam says further restrictions and closures may be needed in communities where the virus is surging. Quebec is reporting 952 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 more deaths today while Quebec is reporting 896 new cases and another nine deaths. Ontario Premier Doug Ford's constituency office is being deep-cleaned and will be closed for the foreseeable future after some staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The premier's off

A seven-day search for two mushroom pickers in British Columbia has ended with both found dead. RCMP Sgt. Sascha Banks says the body of 48 year old Peter Oleski was found Thursday by a volunteer search group from the Lil'wat Nation. Search and rescue teams found the body of 21 year old River Leo a short time later. The father and son had set out for a day of mushroom picking last Thursday in the mountains overlooking the community of Pemberton, 150 kilometres north of Vancouver. Members of the Lil'wat Nation, Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police, RCMP, Comox 442 Squadron and dozens of search teams from

A man convicted of first-degree murder has walked away from a prison in British Columbia. The Correctional Service of Canada says Roderick Muchikekwanape was confirmed missing at 10 p.m., Thursday. He was serving a life sentence in the minimum security unit of the Mission Institution, east of Vancouver. A statement from the correctional service says RCMP has issued a warrant for his arrest. Muchikekwanape is 41 years old, six feet tall and 217 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was convicted of the sexual assault and slaying of a 36 year old mother of three in Winnipeg in 1998.

On May 22, 2020, Surrey RCMP issued a public warning advising that high-risk sex offender, Kristjon Olson, was released from custody and would be residing in Surrey. Olson was subject to a court order that required him to follow a number of strict conditions.On September 4, 2020 at approximately 6:30 a.m., the Surrey RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) team, with the assistance of the Surrey RCMP High Risk Target Team (HRTT) and the Vancouver Police Department, arrested Kristjon Olson for breaching a court ordered condition. Surrey RCMP ICE also launched an investigation into additional chi

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos collapsed buildings in western Turkey, killing 14 people and injuring over 400. Earthquake officials said a small tsunami struck the Seferisar district south of Izmir. Officials said 12 people were killed in Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city, including one person who drowned. Two teenagers were killed on Samos when a wall collapsed. Seismologists said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9 and was centred in the Aegean at a depth of 16.5 kilometres, or 10.3 miles. Izmir Gov. Yavuz Selim Kosger said a

The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in August as real gross domestic product grew 1.2 per cent in the month, Statistics Canada said Friday. The rise compared with a revised 3.1 per cent gain in July, up from its initial reading for the month of 3.0 per cent. The report came as the agency also released a preliminary estimate for a gain of 0.7 per cent in September to bring growth in the third quarter to about 10 per cent. Economists on average had expected an increase of 0.9 per cent for August, according to financial data firm Refinitiv. TD Bank senior economist Sri Thanabalasingam

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the latest death from COVID-19 shows even small social gatherings can be dangerous. Dr. Henry says an 80 year old woman in the Fraser Health region has died after contracting the virus at a small birthday party where a guest did not know they had the virus. She is also reporting 234 new cases of COVID-19 today, pushing the total past 14,000. The province's active caseload also reached a new record high of 2,344. The number of people in hospital decreased by one, to 84, with 24 patients in intensive care or critical care units. Dr. Henry says

A young Tunisian man armed with a knife and carrying a copy of the Qur'an attacked worshippers in a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The attacker was seriously wounded by police. Thursday's attack prompted the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. It was the third attack in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including the beheading of a teacher. It c

A man is dead and a woman is injured after what homicide detectives say was a family dispute that ended in a stabbing in Maple Ridge, east of Vancouver. Ridge Meadows RCMP say the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called after officers arrived at the home in the Silver Valley neighbourhood at about 11 last night. An injured woman was rushed to hospital and is expected to survive but police say an unnamed man in his mid-20s was pronounced dead at the scene. A suspect in his early 20s was arrested in the home and remains in custody and Mounties say all three are from the same family an