Simcoe Muskoka health unit lists 34 new COVID-19 cases, 14 more UK variant cases
The City of Barrie leads the way again Wednesday with the most COVID-19 cases reported across Simcoe Muskoka.

The City of Barrie leads the way again Wednesday with the most COVID-19 cases reported across Simcoe Muskoka.
Tensions are building across Simcoe Muskoka over the latest lockdown that forced many small businesses to close yet again.
Starting Monday, some seniors in York Region and Hamilton will be able to start booking appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Some formerly declared essential workers are being denied entry at the Windsor-Detroit border. CTV Windsor's Chris Campbell reports.
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.
Reports of residents in Toronto getting bitten and scratched by raccoons are up over 60 per cent.
Reggae pioneer Bunny Wailer's death at age 73 closes an incredible chapter of music history.
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.
Scientists used a particle accelerator to learn more about Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
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.
All of Quebec will move after spring break to orange-zone rules, Premier François Legault announced Wednesday, with a few big exceptions: Montreal and several large surrounding regions.
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.
While U.S. President Joe Biden pledges that there will be enough COVID-19 vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not ready yet to say Canada’s immunization timeline will speed up, but he's 'very optimistic' it will.
Former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne says he specifically told Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about allegations of misconduct against Gen. Jonathan Vance during a "hostile" closed-door meeting three years ago.
A judge has ruled that Alek Minassian is criminally responsible for the 2018 Toronto van attack, finding him guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at a claim made Wednesday by China's ambassador to Canada that there is 'no connection' between the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and the detention of Canadians in China Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are declining requests to testify before two House of Commons committees.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will extend the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy until June of this year as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded after the Chinese ambassador to Canada claimed Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested for 'undermining China's national security.'
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Ex-military ombudsman Gary Walbourne says he told Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about the misconduct allegations against Jonathan Vance.
Minassian guilty of 26 counts of murder and attempted murder