In Canada, 470 cases of illness due to E. coli O157:H7, the most well-known of the shiga-toxin producing bacteria, were reported in 2013.

The standards for drinking water safety are very strict since the contamination of Walkerton's water supply with E. coli in 2000 caused the deaths of seven people and sickened 2,300.

The Canadian PressOctober 19, 2012 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says test samples from meat processed during an inspection at a troubled Alberta beef plant are negative for E. coli.

More than 70,000 people are stricken with food poisoning each year caused by E. coli O157, and the bacterium is blamed for at least 60 deaths. Ground beef is at the top of the list of concerns ...

Litmus paper, long known as a low-tech method of testing substances for acidity, might have a new use as a cheap, quick way to test for E. coli, according to researchers at McMaster University in ...