Jul 4 2020 — CBC — A military plane carrying Canadian troops to Latvia as part of a NATO mission in that country turned around mid-flight Thursday, after someone who might have come in contact with the aircraft tested positive for COVID-19. The Department of National Defence told CBC News Saturday that the individual, who was not on board the flight, […]
Jul 5 2020 — The Canadian Press — The doctor overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 antibody research says by mid-July we should get the first glimpse of how many Canadians might have already contracted the novel coronavirus. Dr. Timothy Evans, the executive director of the Immunity Task Force, warns it will take much longer before we know whether having antibodies from COVID-19 will prevent reinfection. […]
Jul 5 2020 — Graham Slaughter — CTV News — As scientists and policy-makers anticipate a second wave of COVID-19 later this year, a new survey suggests a majority of Canadians support closing non-essential businesses again if cases spike. The new poll conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News surveyed 1,049 Canadians within the past week, and found that two-thirds of respondents support, or somewhat […]
Jul 4 2020 — Associated Press — Pubs, hair salons and movie theatres across England reopened Saturday as part of Britain’s biggest step toward post-outbreak normal, while South Africa and other parts of the world signalled anything but — reporting another day of record confirmed coronavirus cases. Many people relished the easing of restrictions on public life that had shuttered U.K. restaurants […]
Jul 1 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — The Donald Trump era began in 2015 with a promise to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Five years later, the Trump era may end with citizens in much of the rest of the world — Canadians, in particular — insisting on a virtual wall between themselves and the United States. With […]
Jun 30 2020 — Global News — The United States has secured nearly the entire worldwide supply of remdesivir, a drug that’s proven effective for severely ill patients of the novel coronavirus — leaving hardly any for Canada and the rest of the world. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday it has secured more than 500,000 treatment courses […]
Jun 30 2020 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The Canadian government has extended the current ban on most international travellers until July 31. The federal government first shut the border to non-Canadian citizens, with limited exceptions, to limit the spread of COVID-19 in mid-March. This ban exempted the United States, which entered into a separate agreement with Canada shortly after, that has been […]
Jun 30 2020 — Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the nation’s leading health officials, suggested Tuesday the number of COVID-19 cases diagnosed each day could rise dramatically unless the nation can control the spread of the coronavirus. “I’m very concerned about what’s going on right now, particularly in the four states that are accounting for about 50 percent of […]
Jun 30 2020 — The Canadian Press — Mayor John Tory is asking Toronto city council to make masks mandatory in public indoor settings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Tory said he would be voting in favour of the temporary by-law recommended by Toronto’s medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa at a city council meeting later Tuesday. He said […]
Jun 30 2020 — The Canadian Press — Statistics Canada says the economy saw its largest monthly drop on record in April as it came to a near standstill due to the pandemic, but early indications point to a rebound in May as businesses began to reopen. The agency said Tuesday gross domestic product fell 11.6 per cent in April with non-essential businesses […]
Jun 30 2020 — Robert Fife — Globe and Mail — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is urging Canadian political leaders to prepare for a post COVID-19 world by adopting bold economic and social policies including a dramatic increase in immigration, a serious productivity agenda and concrete action to address systemic racism and the injustices faced by Indigenous people. Mr. Mulroney told The Globe and Mail […]
Jun 30 2020 — Associated Press, The Canadian Press — The European Union announced Tuesday that it will reopen its borders to travellers from 14 countries, but most Americans have been refused entry for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. Travelers from other big countries like Russia, Brazil and India will also miss out. As Europe’s economies reel […]
Jun 30 2020 — Global News — It’s been almost four months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus a pandemic — and now experts say it could be years before we’re out of the woods. Last week, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, said he remains cautiously optimistic there will be a COVID-19 […]
Jun 29 2020 — CBC — The federal government plans to extend strict quarantine rules requiring travellers to isolate for 14 days upon their arrival in Canada — rules that were set to expire Tuesday — CBC News has learned. “It is the intention of the government to continue the 14-day mandatory self-isolation under the federal Quarantine Act,” said a senior […]
Jun 30 2020 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Dini Cameron has watched Canada’s long-term care catastrophe unfold with a mounting sense of dread. The 84-year-old recently spoke to CBC News from the home in Ashton, Ont. she shares with her 86-year-old husband Doug. He’s been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke but the couple “managed for three months without help and did […]