Feb 22 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — As travel restrictions have clipped the wings of many snowbirds hoping to fly south to their Florida homes for the winter, the vast majority of Canadians support the new travel rules — and very few think exceptions should be made for those with second residences south of the border.
Feb 19 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan repeatedly said he was “surprised” by the allegations made against former Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance but would not disclose when he learned of allegations, stating that his hands were tied when it came to providing any such details. Sajjan made the comments during a Friday meeting of the […]
Feb 19 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The federal government is extending many of its emergency COVID-19 benefits as the pandemic rages on, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. Sickness benefits, caregiving benefits and the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) are all getting top ups when it comes to duration during which each can be claimed — meaning Canadians will be able to […]
Feb 19 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canadians are angry about delays in the coronavirus vaccine rollout – and it’s starting to hurt the Liberals in the polls, according to fresh figures from Ipsos. A new poll from Ipsos found that 71 per cent of Canadians are “angry” that Canada is falling behind countries like the U.S. and the U.K. when it […]
Feb 17 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has doubled down on the government’s plans to support municipalities that are pushing for handgun bans amid provincial pushback to the proposal, including legislation from some provinces that seeks to prevent cities from going ahead with such restrictions.
Feb 15 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says the newly announced declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes isn’t aimed at any particular country – despite China’s swift reaction to the document.
Feb 12 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — New restrictions for incoming travellers will come into effect on Feb. 22, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday — including a fresh hotel quarantine requirement. “Later today, Minister Hajdu, Blair and Leblanc will announced the details of new testing quarantine and enforcement for everyone flying or driving back to Canada,” Trudeau said.
Feb 10 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — A majority of Canadians believe that governments should have acted sooner to reduce the number of coronavirus cases in the country, according to new polling from Ipsos. Roughly 63 per cent of Canadians, or just shy of two-thirds, said that governments should have put the hammer down sooner with stricter measures including travel bans, curfews […]
Feb 9 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Health Canada has authorized a label change to Pfizer–BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine that will allow six doses of the precious drug to be extracted per vial. Up until now, Canada has been extracting five doses from a single vial of the vaccine. The company recently pushed Health Canada to change the label information, as it did […]
Feb 5 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — As provinces implore the federal government to make its coronavirus vaccine contracts public, Procurement Minister Anita Anand has confirmed that the entirety of the deals are subject to confidentiality clauses. However, Anand said she’s trying to push back on these clauses in conversations with the pharmaceutical companies. “The confidentiality clauses apply to the contracts as […]
Feb 4 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — The government says its contribution to the COVAX vaccine program has “always been intended” to secure additional coronavirus vaccine access for Canada, on top of supporting vaccination rollouts in lower-income countries. “COVAX is not a fund for developing countries only but a mechanism to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all countries that are participating […]
Feb 4 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Canadians got a taste of what the world would look like without a robust journalism industry Thursday morning, as multiple newspapers published blank front pages. “Imagine if the news wasn’t there when we needed it,” read the message on the blank front pages. “If nothing is done, the journalism industry will disappear.”
Feb 3 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — A formal complaint was filed with the office of the governor general as a review into allegations of workplace harassment against former Governor General Julie Payette was underway, Rideau Hall has confirmed.
Jan 29 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is cracking down on non-essential travel, announcing a slew of measures including the suspension of all flights to sunny destinations amid the coronavirus pandemic. “With the challenges we currently face with COVID-19, both here at home and abroad, we all agree that now is just not the time to be flying,” […]
Jan 28 2021 — Rachel Gilmore — Global News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says that day traders are “not the problem” and that the hedge funds should face more regulation following a volatile week on the stock market. “The regulation should be clearly on the Wall Street bankers who effectively almost created, or did create, a complete economic meltdown because of their greed,” Singh […]