A new report says costs for a COVID-19 patient treated in intensive care can climb to an estimated $50,000 compared with about $8,400 dollars for someone who's had a heart attack. The Canadian Institute for Health Information report says the cost for a pneumonia patient being in ICU is about eight-thousand dollars.But it says COVID patients remain there for much longer and, on average, their treatment amounts to about $23,000.The report covers data from between January 2020 and March 2021.It says COVID-19 cost Canada's health-care system a billion dollars during that time, but it excludes cost

There are no Americans left competing in the singles events at the US Open tennis tournament, but two Canadians from Quebec are still in contention. 19 year old Leylah Annie Fernandez and 21 year old Felix Auger-Aliassime got deeper into the New York tourney with quarterfinal victories yesterday. Having already knocked out former champs Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber, Fernandez beat fifth-seed Elina Svitolina to get into the semifinals. And Auger-Aliassime won his match after 18 year old Carlos Alcaraz withdrew in the second set due to injury.

The first of two official election debates takes place tonight, with five federal party leaders facing off in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20.With less than two weeks to go, millions of voters are expected to tune in for tonight's two-hour French debate and Thursday's English debate.Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul will participate in both debates.People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier did not mee

Leylah Fernandez has reached the U.S. Open semifinals, one day after turning 19.The Canadian continued her stunning run through the tournament by upsetting No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Fernandez won the last two points of the tiebreaker to give her another three-set victory after knocking off past U.S. Open champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber in her previous two matches. Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez continues her remarkable run at the US Open tennis tournament.The 19-year-old from Laval, Quebec, held on through some difficult stretches to post a win over Elina Svi

On the campaign trail in Montreal today, Justin Trudeau highlighted his Liberal party's plan to tackle Canada's housing crisis.Trudeau says the plan has multiple layers because everyone's housing needs are different.Trudeau faced numerous questions today about a gravel-throwing incident in southern Ontario over the weekend at one of his rallies.Trudeau says it will be up to the R-C-M-P to decide whether charges should be laid.He also vowed he will not change policy directions for the sake of what he called an anti-vaxxer mob.

Quebec's public security minister says a coroner will investigate after Mexican boxer Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died following a bout last weekend in Montreal. Genevieve Guilbault offered her condolences to the family of Zapata, 18, who died in hospital Thursday from injuries she suffered during her fight with Quebecer Marie-Pier Houle. Guilbault said today in a tweet the coroner's office will investigate the causes and circumstances of Zapata's death. Event organizer Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) announced Zapata had died in hospital with her husband Jovanni Martinez by her side. The incident occu

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is finding himself under fire this morning from his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19.Trudeau triggered the election three weeks ago, and it wraps on Sept. 20.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is labelling it a selfish decision and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is suggesting Trudeau might seek another vote if he doesn't receive a majority mandate.Both say they are prepared to fight an election virtually if case counts jump and public health officials demand renewed restrictions.The comments come just ahead of a CO

The first televised debate of the federal election campaign takes place tonight.Only four leaders — the Liberals' Justin Trudeau, the Conservatives' Erin O'Toole, the Bloc Québécois' Yves-Francois Blanchet and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh will face off.The Green party's Annamie Paul and the Peoples' party's Maxime Bernier were not invited to participate.The French debate on TVA, one of Quebec's most-watched networks, comes at the mid-point of the campaign and could prove crucial to the outcome on Sept. 20.The TVA debate is in addition to two official debates organized by the Leaders' Debates Co

Canada claimed its first women's world hockey championship in almost a decade when Marie-Philip Poulin scored the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory over the United States. The Canadians won gold nine years after their last time atop the podium in 2012. It was also redemption after the team failed to reach the final for the first time in the history of the tournament in 2019. Assistant captain Blayre Turnbull suffered a leg injury during the celebration pileup, but returned to the ice to celebrate from a stretcher with her teammates during the Canadian anthem.