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COVID-19: BC reports increase of smallest number of cases in weeks

B.C. is reporting two new outbreaks of COVID-19, one at a long-term care facility in Cranbrook and one at an acute care unit at the Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge. In a statement, the province said new cases have also been...

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COVID-19 cases in Canada rise past 30,000, number of deaths rise to 1,195

There are 30,106 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 15,857 confirmed (including 630 deaths, 2,841 resolved) Ontario: 8,961 confirmed (including 423 deaths, 4,194 resolved) Alberta: 2,158 confirmed (including 50 de...

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Alberta has 162 new cases of COVID-19, 2 new deaths take the number of deaths to 50

Alberta has 162 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single day report to date, and two more residents in long term care homes have died. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, says one of the victims wa...

PM Trudeau discussed ongoing global response to COVID-19 with other G7 leaders

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke this morning to other G7 leaders to discuss the ongoing global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau says they are committed to working together to find a vaccine, develop new treatments a...

Toronto Transit Commission says 38 of its bus drivers refused work over safety concerns

The Toronto Transit Commission says 38 of its bus drivers refused work on Wednesday over safety concerns related to COVID-19. TTC spokesperson Stuart Green said five of the drivers initiated work refusals on Wednesday morning, fo...

Dr. Theresa Tam: Models are now predicting between 1,200 and 1,620 deaths from COVID-19 by April 21

Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer of Canada, says models are now predicting between 1,200 and 1,620 deaths from COVID-19 by April 21. Last week the projections expected between 500 and 700 deaths this week, and Can...

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Mission inmate has died from an apparent complication related to COVID-19

An inmate has died from an apparent complication related to COVID-19 at a prison in British Columbia. Correctional Service Canada says in a statement it is the first death related to the novel coronavirus among federally sentenced inmates. It says in a statement the inmate died at Abbotsford Regional Hospital Wednesday. The correctional service says the inmate, who has not been identified, was serving time at Mission Institute where 54 people have tested positive for the virus. It says the inmate's next of kin has been notified and the BC Coroners Service will review the circumstances of deat...

Deputy PM Freeland: Canada in favor of extending the agreement keeping the border closed to non-essential crossings

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is talking with the United States about the agreement keeping the border closed to non-essential crossings. Freeland says Canada's position is that the agreement should be extended. She says regardless of what U.S. President Donald Trump says about wanting to re-open the border, decisions about opening Canada's side will be made by Canadians only. Freeland says there are also discussions between premiers about interprovincial travel restrictions. ...

514 new COVID-19 cases and 38 more deaths reported in Ontario

Ontario is reporting 514 new COVID-19 cases today, and 38 more deaths. That brings the province to a total of 8,961 cases, including 423 deaths and nearly 4,200 cases that have been resolved. The province completed 9,001 tests in...