Apr 23 2021 — Angus Reid — Nearly twice as many Canadians say third wave was preventable as say it was inevitable. It was Ontario’s lost weekend. Within a span of 48 hours, after public health officials implored the Ford government to implement changes aimed at protecting and prioritizing front-line workers as new COVID-19 infections ravaged the province, it instead closed playgrounds […]
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 — CBC — Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to take some selfies, but he didn’t cross here for the view. He chose this particular point of entry from the United States to avoid the mandatory three-day stay at a quarantine hotel […]
Apr 23 2021 — Murray Brewster — CBC — The Department of National Defence (DND) plans to create a new top level position — a chief of professional conduct and culture — to address sexual misconduct and racism in the ranks, CBC News has learned. A draft plan obtained by CBC News, known as an initiating directive, shows it will be an in-house position […]
Apr 23 2021 — Global News — The Ontario government has confirmed the first known case of a rare blood clot linked to the Astrazeneca-COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine in the province. According to a statement issued by the government Friday morning, the man in his 60s received his first dose of the vaccine. It’s not clear when he was inoculated. Officials said the […]
Apr 22 2021 — Vancouver Sun — At least 32 flights from Delhi and two from Pakistan have landed in Canada in the last two weeks carrying dozens of passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19. The federal government’s decision to suspend passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month will be hard on anyone with loved ones in those […]
Apr 23 2021 — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau will receive their first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, according to the prime minister’s office. The prime minister’s itinerary for Friday says the couple will receive their shots at 12:45 p.m. in Ottawa. Trudeau, 49, told reporters Tuesday that his office was […]
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 — David Cochrane — CBC — The federal government will ban passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days in response to rising COVID case counts in India and mutations of the coronavirus. At a press conference in Ottawa this evening, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the ban on direct flights from those countries will take effect tonight at 11:30 […]
Apr 22 2021 — CBC — The front page of the province’s most popular daily newspaper reverberated throughout the National Assembly Thursday, as politicians from all parties denounced it, saying it stigmatizes Quebec’s Indian community. The premier also weighed in, though his comments were not as forceful as those made by opposition party members and one of his own ministers. Thursday’s […]
Apr 22 2021 — CBC — Ontario Premier Doug Ford apologized to Ontarians Thursday morning, days after his government faced intense backlash for introducing a number of additional COVID-19 restrictions that were not recommended by health experts and then nixed earlier this week. Ford, who is currently isolating at his late mother’s home in Etobicoke after a staff member tested positive […]
Apr 22 2021 — Don Braid — Calgary Herald — An explosive letter demanding Premier Jason Kenney’s immediate resignation is circulating among UCP riding boards. It has so far gained about 90 signatures of board members and presidents from a variety of ridings, party sources say.
Apr 22 2021 — Eric Grenier — CBC — If Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defeated in next year’s provincial election, he might look back at this past week as the beginning of the end for his government — the moment when his pandemic-fuelled popularity came to a sudden halt. As the province’s third wave hit record highs in daily COVID-19 case counts and […]