[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Center for Disease Control has added several more flights to its list of COVID-19 exposures. The BCCDC added two flights to Tuesday’s list e nine more on Wednesday. The latest additions only took off on November 5th and October 22nd. The details of the affected …
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[ad_1] TORONTO – YouTube was briefly inaccessible Wednesday night due to an unspecified problem that prevented users from all over the world from playing videos. Problems were reported on Wednesday around 7pm as users complained about slow download times and subsequently received playback errors. According to Down Detector, which tracks …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – With the increase in the number of COVID 19 in the Fraser Health region, nursing homes are also seeing an alarming number of people infected, despite protocols in place to protect them. At the Fellburn Care Center in Burnaby, 36 residents and 16 employees tested positive for …
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[ad_1] TORONTO – More than 8,500 Ring video doorbells have been retired in Canada after it was determined that they pose a fire hazard if installed incorrectly. According to Health Canada, the battery can be damaged and overheated if someone uses the supplied wood screws instead of the safety screws …
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[ad_1] SURREY, BC – A Surrey company that claims to be the first in BC to manufacture N95 respirator masks says it is ready to begin providing first-line healthcare workers – pending approval from Health Canada. Eternity Medical Equipment opened a store in April and has spent the past few …
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[ad_1] People wait in line for hours at a COVID assessment center at Mount Sinai Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on September 24, 2020. Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press Manitoba is imposing a stricter blockade of the second wave of COVID-19 in Canada, while the country’s largest …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Health officials are encouraging people in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland to return to the mindset they had in the early months of the pandemic, at least when it comes to socializing. Addressing her new strict public health order on Monday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said …
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[ad_1] HALIFAX – Health officials are moving quickly to crack down on a cluster of COVID-19 cases in the Clayton Park area of Halifax as the province’s top doctor urges New Scots to curtail their social activities. Fifteen cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed – including a new case on …
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[ad_1] TORONTO – A group of top-tier restaurants in Toronto have filed for creditor protection, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic for bringing their business to a “devastating shutdown.” King Street Company Inc., which is the brand behind famous restaurants Buca, Bar Buca, La Banane, Jacobs & Co. Steakhouse and CXBO, got …
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[ad_1] Pfizer released a first snapshot of its Phase 3 studies for its coronavirus vaccine on Monday and said the results look promising with data suggesting it is 90% effective at preventing the virus. The company and its collaborator BioNTech may now be on track to file an emergency use …
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