Apr 23 2021 — The Canadian Press — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month must be done to keep Canadians safe. Trudeau says it’s necessary because there has been a concerning surge of COVID-19 cases and the emergence of more variants of concern in certain parts of the world. Also, the federal […]
Apr 23 2021 — The Canadian Press — Canada’s top public health doctor says there’s been an increase of more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases since last month, but there are signs the epidemic is easing. Dr. Theresa Tam says average case counts have more than doubled over the past month, with upwards of 8,400 infections reported daily over the last week. But Tam […]
Apr 23 2021 — The Canadian Press — Members of the Yukon Liberals will be sworn-in today as the party aims to form a minority government. The election finished with the incumbent Liberals and the Yukon Party tied at eight seats, with the New Democrats winning three. A majority government needs 10 seats. Winning candidates from the New Democrats and Yukon Party have […]
Apr 23 2021 — The Canadian Press — British Columbia’s solicitor general is to announce provincial travel restrictions today to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth is expected to give details of what the government views as essential travel while B.C. considers using roadblocks to discourage people from leaving their health authority region. He has described the checkpoints as a type […]
Apr 23 2021 — The Canadian Press — Toronto and Peel Region could begin to order the temporary closure of some businesses today to control workplace COVID-19 outbreaks. The orders from the top doctors in both regions were expected to come into effect today, a measure they both said was designed to protect tens of thousands of essential workers from the virus. Both […]
Apr 22 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize single-event sports betting Thursday, sending the legislation to the Senate and bringing the country a step closer to looser gaming laws. The bill aims to amend Criminal Code provisions around gambling on single games of football, hockey and other sports — currently illegal except for horse racing […]
Apr 22 2021 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 360,819 new vaccinations administered for a total of 11,158,636 doses given. Nationwide, 975,373 people or 2.6 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. The provinces have administered doses at […]
Apr 22 2021 — Brian Melley, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — LOS ANGELES — Just a few months ago, California was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. Hospitals in Los Angeles were drowning in patients, and ambulances were idling outside with people struggling to breathe, waiting for beds to open. The death count was staggering — so many that morgues filled and refrigerated […]
Apr 22 2021 — Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic and a modest step toward legislating in a chamber where most of President Joe Biden's agenda has stalled. The measure […]
Apr 22 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize single-event sports betting Thursday, sending the legislation to the Senate. The would-be law aims to amend Criminal Code provisions around gambling on single games of football, hockey and other sports, which is currently illegal except for horse racing. The private member's bill from Conservative MP Kevin Waugh […]
Apr 22 2021 — Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years, but without specifics on how to meet the more ambitious goal, which falls short of the target set by its closet ally. Speaking virtually to a summit of global leaders […]
Apr 22 2021 — The Canadian Press — MPs unanimously agreed Canada should suspend international flights from countries where COIVD-19 outbreaks are raging just a few hours before the federal government is expected to announce new restrictions on incoming travel. The House of Commons adopted a motion from the Bloc Québécois this afternoon calling for flights carrying non-essential travellers from certain countries, such […]
Apr 22 2021 — Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — International graduates and essential workers eligible to apply for permanent residency under a new program say requiring them to retake language proficiency tests is unreasonable, especially during a global pandemic. Akshay Aman, a law clerk graduate currently working as a security officer in Toronto, said international students have already passed language tests and […]
Apr 22 2021 — Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development is withdrawing a Trump-era policy that would have allowed taxpayer-funded homeless shelters to deny access to transgender people. The move is partially symbolic; the proposed policy never truly took hold on the ground and was still being hotly debated last fall when former President Donald Trump […]
Apr 22 2021 — The Canadian Press — Ontario’s premier got emotional today as he apologized for a mistake and some leaders urged the federal government to tighten restrictions for travellers returning to Canada as rates of COVID-19 variants continue to surge across the country. Doug Ford choked up talking about how people were angry after his government increased police enforcement powers and […]