As hospital ICUs continue to fill up with COVID-19 patients, Ontario has yet to finalize a plan on who should get life-saving care when health resources are limited.

Despite relatively low local coronavirus numbers, PRHC has identified 24 additional surge spaces should it need to expand its ICU if called upon to help other regions.

"This is one of the hardest things we’ve ever, as a family, had to go through."

A registered nurse in Edmonton has shared her daily experience inside an intensive care unit to try and paint a picture of her reality for other Albertans.

The blaze spread through the intensive care ward designated for COVID-19 patients at the public hospital in the city of Piatra Neamt, local Emergency Situations Inspectorate spokesperson Irina Popa said.

University of Alberta Hospital critical care physician Dr. Peter Brindley said the term "second wave" doesn't do justice to what's unfolding on the frontlines of the health-care system.

All 14 beds in St. Boniface's intensive care unit are now occupied.

Premier Blaine Higgs announced that New Brunswick's declaration of a state of emergency has been extended for another 14 days.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Kingston remains low with a total of 55 as of Saturday. There have been two positive cases reported in the last 7 days.

The hospital's ICU will be closed from Dec. 20 to Jan. 6 according to a spokesperson for The McGill University Hospital Centre (MUHC).