Halton Region Public Health confirmed the first case of rabies in a bat this year after finding the infected animal in Aldershot, a neighbourhood in Burlington.

White-Nose Syndrome seems to have affected the bat population in North Grower, Ontario, Canada according to local observer.

A bat in High Park tested positive for rabies on Wednesday, according to Toronto Public Health.

"White-nose syndrome" was found in Ontario and Quebec caves, mines and attics in the winter of 2009-2010. A decade after a devastating fungus first appeared in Ontario, wiping out up to 95 per cent of the province’s bats, scientists are beginning to see encouraging signs that bats may be on the rebound.

Out of the eight species of bats in the Northwest Territories, residents are most likely to see the little brown bats.

Nick Major, a martial arts instructor, died Saturday after he had a random brush with a bat on Vancouver Island in May.

Biologists on Canada's western coast are bracing for the arrival of a deadly disease called white-nose syndrome in British Columbia and Yukon's bats, but the disease's impact is still unclear.

White-nose syndrome has wiped out millions of bats in North America, pushing researchers to look at alternative roosts like bat boxes. But the U.S. bat box designs may not suit Canadian bats.