Porcupine Health Unit declares COVID outbreak at Pepco in Hearst
The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.

The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.
The raising of a purple flag at Timmins city hall Monday invokes more than the need to raise awareness for epilepsy, it also honours the challenges people impacted by the disorder have been facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A two-day dispute between workers at a business in Temiskaming Shores has led to one of the workers being charged with making threats.
A Toronto woman is warning others about a taxi scam where perpetrators stole some $3,700 from her bank accounts as they played off her willingness to help someone in trouble.
Following additional COVID-19 cases, health officials in Sudbury have dismissed all staff and students from a high school battling an outbreak.
Buckingham Palace said Wednesday it was launching an investigation after a newspaper reported that a former aide had made a bullying allegation against the Duchess of Sussex.
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kirkland Lake Gold, the Timiskaming Health Unit said Wednesday afternoon, after four positive cases were reported.
Citing declining numbers, the province has announced it is closing 26 youth detention centres, including several in northeastern Ontario.
Few details are available, but an explosion levelled a dormitory Wednesday in the Municipality of McDougall, north of Parry Sound.
Shkagamik-kwe Health Centre will offer 2,400 COVID-19 vaccines to Indigenous people aged 55 and older on Friday and Saturday.
A day after the medical officer of health told reports Sudbury should be in the red zone, Public Health Sudbury & Districts reported 18 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, marking 62 new cases in the last three days.
There was a peaceful rally Wednesday outside of an unsanctioned shelter for the homeless in Sudbury that has been ordered by the city to close due to fire safety concerns.
The Canadian housing market continues to surge amid the pandemic. CIBC Markets Senior Economist Royce Mendes weighs in.
Dolly Parton sings a new version of her hit 'Jolene' as she received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Montrealer Carlos Viani shares his 'confinement diaries' – images of how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the city.
A driver doing doughnuts in the middle of a street in Los Angeles hit a pedestrian, put her in the car, then fled from police.
A recently discovered bomb from World War II was disposed of during a controlled detonation on February 27 in Exeter, England.
Reports of residents in Toronto getting bitten and scratched by raccoons are up over 60 per cent.
Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital and is expected to remain for several days of 'rest and recuperation,' Buckingham Palace said Thursday.
Canada's chief medical adviser says her department is constantly receiving and reviewing any data on vaccines and COVID-19 variants and will be ready to quickly authorize needed boosters when they're available.
The panel of medical experts advising the federal government on vaccination now says that the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines can be given up to four months after the first, if Canada wants to maximize the number of people being immunized.
It's been exactly one year since the Trudeau government finally got the message: Canada, we have a COVID-19 problem, Don Martin writes in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
Canada has now administered one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 4.04 per cent of the country's population.