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Saskatchewan says anyone who is 70 or older can book an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday morning.
The cutoff age for the general population has been dropping steadily each day since Friday, when it was 80.
The cutoff age is much younger in the province’s northern administrative district, where anyone 50 and over can make an appointment now.
Saskatchewan is reporting two new deaths among people with COVID-19, along with 98 new cases.
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2 p.m.
Manitoba health officials are reporting one additional death in a person with COVID-19, and 44 new cases of the virus in the province.
The government’s daily pandemic update says the person who died was a man in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region, and that his death is linked to an outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home.
Manitoba has 148 patients in hospital due to COVID-19, 23 of whom are in intensive care.
The province’s five-day test-positivity rate is 4.5 per cent provincially and 3.1 per cent in Winnipeg.
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1:40 p.m.
Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting five new cases of COVID-19 today.
Three cases are in the Edmunston region, while the Moncton and Fredericton regions each have one new infection.
There are now 37 active cases in the province and one patient is hospitalized.
Since the onset of the pandemic, New Brunswick has had 1,470 cases of COVID-19 and 30 virus-related deaths.
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12:40 p.m.
Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting one new case of COVID-19 today.
The case is in the Central Zone and is related to travel outside Atlantic Canada.
A case reported in the Central Zone Saturday that was under investigation has been removed from the provincial count due to a data entry error, meaning there were four new infections that day rather than five.
As of today, Nova Scotia has 18 active cases of COVID-19.
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11:10 a.m.
Quebec is reporting 674 new cases of COVID-19 as well as five additional deaths linked to the pandemic.
Of those deaths, three occurred in the last 24 hours while the rest happened earlier.
Hospitalizations dropped by four to 547, with 100 people in intensive care, which is six fewer than a day prior.
The province administered 31,611 vaccines on Saturday, and says it has now given a dose to 8.4 per cent of the population.
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10:30 a.m.
Ontario’s vaccine booking system, which includes an online portal and phone line, is set to go live on Monday morning.
The province says residents aged 80 and older will be able to schedule their shots starting at 8 a.m.
They can do so either at www.ontario.ca/bookvaccine, or by phone at 1-888-999-6488.
The province says vaccines will be offered to other age groups starting in April when its immunization drive enters Phase 2.
Details of the provincial portal come as Ontario reports 1,747 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 virus-related deaths, though officials say the numbers are likely inflated by data catchup efforts.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 14, 2021.
EDMONTON – RCMP say a second suspect has been arrested in the killing of an Alberta county worker.
Mounties say 28-year-old Elijah Strawberry was taken into custody Friday at a house on O’Chiese First Nation.
Colin Hough, a worker with Rocky View County, was shot and killed while on the job on a rural road east of Calgary on Aug. 6.
Another man who worked for Fortis Alberta was shot and wounded, and RCMP said the suspects fled in a Rocky View County work truck.
Police later arrested Arthur Wayne Penner, 35, and charged him with first-degree murder and attempted murder, and a warrant was issued for Strawberry’s arrest.
RCMP also said there was a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Strawberry, describing him as armed and dangerous.
Chief Supt. Roberta McKale, told a news conference in Edmonton that officers had received tips and information over the last few weeks.
“I don’t know of many members that when were stopped, fuelling up our vehicles, we weren’t keeping an eye out, looking for him,” she said.
But officers had been investigating other cases when they found Strawberry.
“Our investigators were in O’Chiese First Nation at a residence on another matter and the major crimes unit was there working another file and ended up locating him hiding in the residence,” McKale said.
While an investigation is still underway, RCMP say they’re confident both suspects in the case are in police custody.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the 26-year-old son of a man found dead on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast has been charged with his murder.
Police say 58-year-old Henry Doyle was found badly injured on a forest service road in Egmont last September and died of his injuries.
The homicide team took over when the BC Coroners Service said the man’s death was suspicious.
It says in a statement that the BC Prosecution Service has approved one count of first-degree murder against the man’s son, Jackson Doyle.
Police say the accused will remain in custody until at least his next court appearance.
The homicide team says investigators remained committed to solving the case with the help of the community of Egmont, the RCMP on the Sunshine Coast and in Richmond, and the Vancouver Police Department.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
VANCOUVER – Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, have broken off without an agreement following 15 hours of talks.
Joe McCann, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724, says they stayed at the bargaining table with help from a mediator until 2 a.m. Friday and made “some progress.”
However, he says the union negotiators didn’t get an offer that they could recommend to the membership.
McCann says that in some ways they are close to an agreement, but in other areas they are “miles apart.”
About 600 employees of the door-to-door transit service for people who can’t navigate the conventional transit system have been on strike since last week, pausing service for all but essential medical trips.
McCann asks HandyDART users to be “patient,” since they are trying to get not only a fair contract for workers but also a better service for customers.
He says it’s unclear when the talks will resume, but he hopes next week at the latest.
The employer, Transdev, didn’t reply to an interview request before publication.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
