Category Archives: Canada
Hot spot town expecting J&J COVID-19 vaccine says officials seeking other sources
The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she's disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed, but values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure ev...
May 01, 2021
Port of Montreal to resume operations as legislation forces dock workers back to work
MONTREAL - Operations at the Port of Montreal are expected to resume gradually beginning Saturday after the Senate passed legislation forcing striking workers back on the job. The House of Commons app...
May 01, 2021
'Relatively bleak:' Post-secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs
CALGARY - Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at th...
May 01, 2021
The COVID-Zero approach: Why Atlantic Canada excels at slowing the spread of COVID-19
HALIFAX - Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tues...
May 01, 2021
Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave
OTTAWA - High vaccination rates among seniors and more infectious variants of COVID-19 are shifting the weight of the pandemic in Canada to younger people. An analysis of data published online by Heal...
May 01, 2021
'People were upset': Parliament's language interpreters told no sick pay during COVID
OTTAWA - Interpreters who have been the French or English voice of politicians and top doctors for the public during the COVID-19 pandemic say a federal department has told them that if they fall ill,...
May 01, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, April 30, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021. There are 1,219,425 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,219,425 confirmed cases (83,319 active...
Apr 30, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, April 30, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 288,327 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,420,...
Apr 30, 2021
Plans to distribute first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on hold
OTTAWA - Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facili...
Apr 30, 2021
Heritage committee won't reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
OTTAWA - Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines Friday while discussing the public outcry sparked by the adoption of a new amendment to Bill C-10.The bill sponsored by He...
Apr 30, 2021