Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 20, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 418,980 new vaccinations administered for a total of 31,818,682 doses given. Nationwide, 6,791,918 people or 18 pe...
At least 20 per cent of eligible Canadians fully vaccinated, data suggests
TORONTO — Canada has hit two of the vaccination targets government officials have previously said were necessary for the easing of public health restrictions imposed due to COVID-19. An independent website founded by a University of Saskatchewan studen...
Culling cutlines, not wolves, key to preserving caribou herds: researcher
New research suggests wolves can be steered away from the endangered caribou herds they prey on by making the man-made trails they use to hunt harder to move along. The recently published study adds to the debate over whether governments should
How Canada’s UNDRIP bill was strengthened to reject ‘racist’ doctrine of discovery
OTTAWA — When European explorers first set foot on the lands that are now Canada, they claimed the territory as their own, despite the presence of Indigenous Peoples who had already been occupying the lands for generations. They did this using
How Canada’s UNDRIP bill was strengthened to reject ‘racist’ doctrine of discovery
OTTAWA — When European explorers first set foot on the lands that are now Canada, they claimed the territory as their own, despite the presence of Indigenous Peoples who had already been occupying the lands for generations. They did this using
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, June 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, June 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 531,777 new vaccinations administered for a total of 31,399,702 doses given. Nationwide, 6,439,726 people or 17 ...
Canada’s cyberspy agency may have broken privacy law, intelligence watchdog says
OTTAWA — The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency may have broken the law in disclosing personal information about Canadians. The Ottawa-based Communications Security Establishment, given its foreign-intelligence mandate, suppre...
PHAC head maintains he’s bound by law not to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA — The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada is showing no sign he's willing to release unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists at the country's highest security laboratory — despite the prospect of being publicly
Public health agency reports spike in confirmed cases of Delta variant in Canada
OTTAWA — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant jumped 66 per cent in Canada this week. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said as of Friday there are just over 2,000 confirmed
Health Canada proposes ban on most vaping flavours it says appeal to youth
The federal government says it wants to ban most flavoured vaping products in a bid to reduce their appeal to youth. Health Canada put forward draft regulations Friday that would restrict all e-cigarette flavours except tobacco, mint and menthol. The d...
