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Dr. Theresa Tam: 576,000 people tested, 6.5% resulted positive

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says over 576,000 people have now been tested for COVID-19 in Canada. She says 6.5 per cent of those tests were positive. Tam says as Canada continues to make progress in slowing the sp...

Air ambulance on a night flight from Nanaimo, deliberately targeted by someone shining a green laser

Transport Canada confirms an air ambulance on a night flight from Nanaimo, BC to Victoria General Hospital was deliberately targeted by someone shining a green laser from the ground. The incident happened Saturday night as the he...

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Canada: Medical officers of health are at work setting criteria on when physical distancing restrictions can ease up

The country's medical officers of health are at work setting criteria that from a health perspective could provide guidance on when physical distancing restrictions can ease up. Several provinces are now considering loosening the...

Ontario: 510 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 more deaths reported

Ontario is reporting 510 new cases of COVID-19 today and 37 more deaths. That brings the total number of cases in the province to 12,245, a 4.3 per cent increase over Tuesday, which is the lowest growth rate in weeks. The total a...

Two more deaths and 35 new COVID-19 cases reported in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is reporting two more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the province's total to 12. The deaths occurred at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax. The province is also reporting 35 new cases of the virus brin...

Quebec Premier asking the federal government for 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces members to provide help

Premier Francois Legault is asking the federal government for 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces members to help in the province's struggling long-term care homes. Despite extensive recruitment efforts, Legault says he was only able to ...

Surrey RCMP reports spike in 'sextortion' scams

Surrey RCMP say they have received multiple reports recently of sextortion attempts.Police say most reports were from people who received an email claiming their computer had been hacked and video had been taken of them performing an explicit act.The Mounties say people were told the material would be made public if a fee was not paid using Bitcoin but there is no proof any videos were actually taken.They say fraudsters often cite a current or former password as proof of the hack but people should ignore such emails because the information was likely obtained in a previous data breach. ...

Search for missing B.C. woman prompts homicide fears

Police are releasing more details about a British Columbia woman they fear may be the victim of a homicide. Metro Vancouver's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 45 year old April Parisian was last heard from on March 28 and was declared missing earlier this month.The resident of the Fraser Canyon community of Spuzzum owned a red, 1998 Chevrolet pickup with a camper and may have been with her boyfriend, Paris Margesson, and her brown pug dog. On April 16, police appealed for help and received a tip just hours later that the camper was in the Abbotsford area.Officers tried to speak to a...

Trudeau announces $9B aid for students struggling due to pandemic

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unveiling a $9 billion emergency program aimed at students. It includes a Canada Emergency Student Benefit worth at least $1250 a month from May to August. The benefit can be accessed by those in ...

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David Eby inducts two MLAs from Surrey into cabinet

Premier David Eby has inducted two MLAs from Surrey into the NDP government’s cabinet. Surrey-Guildford MLA Gary Begg has been appointed Minister of Public Safety, a portfolio previously held by Mike Farnworth in the previous gove...

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