Ontario reports 661 new COVID-19 infections, 6 more deaths
Ontario is reporting more than 600 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths on Saturday.
Provincial health officials logged 661 new infections today, up from 598 yesterday and from 508 a week ago.
Today marks the highest case count since Oct. 2 when 704 new infections were recorded.
Organized crime ‘knowingly and actively’ exploited federal pandemic benefits: intelligence reports
The federal government spent billions of dollars on income supports to help Canadians weather the pandemic — but it appears these emergency benefits inadvertently went to criminals as well.
According to a recently obtained financial intelligence report, criminals and organized crime appeared to have “knowingly and actively” defrauded the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) and Canada emergency business account (CEBA) programs.
