Queensway Carleton Hospital ramps down surgeries and services as COVID-19 cases rise
The Queensway Carleton Hospital had 30 COVID-19 patients on Friday, including 12 in the ICU.

The Queensway Carleton Hospital had 30 COVID-19 patients on Friday, including 12 in the ICU.
Without a stay-at-home order lasting six weeks, a more robust vaccination campaign and support for high-risk communities, the current COVID-19 wave will not flatten and will continue into the summer, new modelling data released by the Ontario government shows.
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine coming over the next few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, just as Moderna revealed coming shipments will be smaller than promised.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
Premier Doug Ford's government is reaching out to every single province and territory asking for help with health care resources, as the third wave of COVID-19 inundates Ontario's intensive care units and overwhelms physicians and nurses.
When it comes to the idea of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports, the federal government’s chief science adviser says politicians will need to first consider the efficacy of existing vaccines, the certificates’ recognition at home and abroad, fraud prevention, and their ethical distribution.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
As millions of Canadians prepare to file their taxes this spring following an unusual year, it’s proving to be a trickier tax season than normal.
As Canada enters a potential third wave of COVID-19, entrepreneurs across the country are left questioning the future of their businesses, with others mourning the loss of what was.
Across Ontario, there are 4,812 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
Without a stay-at-home order lasting six weeks, a more robust vaccination campaign and support for high-risk communities, the current COVID-19 wave will not flatten and will continue into the summer, new modelling data released by the Ontario government shows.
Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry announced on Twitter that as of 12:01 a.m. on April 16, "recreational camping on Crown land will be prohibited to help stop the spread of COVID-19."
The Queensway Carleton Hospital had 30 COVID-19 patients on Friday, including 12 in the ICU.
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine coming over the next few months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, just as Moderna revealed coming shipments will be smaller than promised.
The Ottawa Public Health COVID-19 vaccine dashboard shows 211,425 Ottawa residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The transit service reported two cases involving bus operators on Thursday.
All COVID-19 vaccination appointments at mass vaccination clinics in Ottawa are proceeding as scheduled as Ottawa sees a temporary shortage in Moderna vaccine shipments.
Premier Doug Ford's government is reaching out to every single province and territory asking for help with health care resources, as the third wave of COVID-19 inundates Ontario's intensive care units and overwhelms physicians and nurses.
Alberta will not be sending medical professionals to Ontario to help with its beleaguered health-care system, Premier Jason Kenney's office said Friday.
Hong Kongers living in Canada report feeling harassed and targeted by Chinese agents on home soil, and say the federal government and law enforcement agencies aren’t doing enough to keep them safe.
When it comes to the idea of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports, the federal government’s chief science adviser says politicians will need to first consider the efficacy of existing vaccines, the certificates’ recognition at home and abroad, fraud prevention, and their ethical distribution.
The Canadian Medical Association is calling for 'extraordinary measures' to be implemented to address the surge of COVID-19 cases across several provinces.
A U.S. diver stumbled upon a wedding ring while in a river, luckily for the owner who had been looking for the lost band.
Jill Macyshon has the story of a former Winnipeg grocery store worker finding popularity on TikTok sharing his satirical stories.
An eight-day period of national mourning for the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is underway in the U.K.
A Cyclone helicopter made a precautionary landing at Nova Scotia's Rainbow Haven Provincial Park after noticing a cockpit indication.
The app, created by Indigenous Vision, shares the locations of historical Blackfoot land sites throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana and Wyoming.
A territorial goose attacks an unsuspecting Edmonton man and his two dogs Tuesday, April 13, 2021.