The local health unit is reporting 195 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex. It’s the largest single day total locally since the pandemic began. There are now 779 active cases in the community with 53 people in the hospital including 11 in the Intensive Care Unit. The region has now…

OTTAWA — The first COVID-19 vaccines were injected into the arms of Canadians today, a historic moment some have dubbed V-Day, as the country enters a new phase of the ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus. In Ontario and Quebec, the first shots were administered to prioritized people on Monday,…

WINDSOR, ONT. — The Windsor-Essex County Health Unitis reporting 195 new COVID-19 cases in the region on Monday a new single-day record. Windsor-Essex has had a total of 4,763 confirmed cases of the virus, including 3893 people who have recovered. It is really an unbelievable number of cases that we…

The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic – a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll neared 300,000. I feel hopeful today.…

Nine schools in the city will now be closed until January after the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) announced six more school closures on Sunday due to COVID-19. The board said students and staff at City Adult Learning Centre, Humewood Community School, RH McGregor Elementary School, David Lewis Public School,…

MONTREAL The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Canada. Some of the country’s initial 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines touched down on Sunday night, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Twitter, sharing a photo of a plane being unloaded. “This is good news,” he said. “But…

Piers has spoken out after breaching coronavirus rules (Picture: ITV) Piers Morgan has admitted to briefly breaking coronavirus guidelines after getting into a cab without a mask on.  The Good Morning Britain presenter said that a few seconds of forgetfulness meant he found himself coming under fire for breaching social…

Another 16 people in Ontario have succumbed to the ravages of COVID-19, 10 of them residents of nursing homes, provincial authorities reported on Sunday. The province has now had almost 4,000 people die from the novel coronavirus, data shows. Authorities reported 1,677 new infections, a drop of around 10 per…

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting a dip in COVID-19 cases after four straight days of more than 1,800 new infections. Health officials logged 1,677 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday as well as 16 more deaths. The new infections mark a decrease from the 1,873 cases reported a…

“Be safe” – these were the last words Emma Carter said to her teenager daughter Nicola when she left for a day out over the summer with a friend and her little brother. On August 21, 2020, Nicola Williams, known to family as Nikki, had been enjoying a day out…