Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, June 14, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 446,458 new vaccinations administered for a total of 29,454,614 doses given. Nationwide, 4,910,084 people or 13 pe...
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin files court challenge of his firing from vaccine rollout
OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is asking for a judicial review of the decision to remove him as head of Canada's vaccine logistics, alleging political interference by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and two of his cabinet ministers. Lawyers for Fortin fi...
Handing over Winnipeg lab documents has ‘national security’ implications: Hajdu
Documents related to the firing of two scientists from the high-security laboratory in Winnipeg, and the transfer of viruses to a research facility in Wuhan are too sensitive to hand over to the special committee on Canada-China relations, Health Minis...
Veteran Liberal MP Wayne Easter won’t seek re-election in long-held P.E.I. riding
OTTAWA — Veteran Liberal MP Wayne Easter has decided not to run for a 10th term in Parliament. The one-time cabinet minister says he won't seek re-election in the Prince Edward Island riding of Malpeque, which he's represented uninterrupted for almost
Experts divided on easing COVID-19 rules for fully vaccinated adults
As provinces accelerate their efforts to get their populations fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are calls for the federal government to issue clear guidance on what people can do once they receive both shots. Some politicians and experts have s...
Pfizer, AstraZeneca preventing hospitalizations from Delta variant in Britain
OTTAWA — A new study in England suggests even just one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are extremely good at keeping people from ending up in the hospital if they contract COVID-19 from the Delta variant of the
Former Green MP Jenica Atwin adjusts position on Israel after joining Liberal caucus
OTTAWA — Jenica Atwin has adjusted her position on Israel to align with the governing Liberal party she joined just four days ago. The Fredericton MP left the Greens on Thursday after openly criticizing party leader Annamie Paul's call for de-escalatio...
Canadian business leaders demand plan to reopen borders, economy now
OTTAWA — Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process as they struggle to prepare for a summer season hanging in flux. At
Communities grapple with what to do with former residential and day schools
The national spotlight on residential schools is also highlighting a difficult question facing some communities over what to do with the buildings that have been left behind. British Columbia's Okanagan Indian Band penned a letter last week to Prime M...
Canada’s vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA — Canada's promise to donate almost 13 million vaccine doses to the global vaccine sharing alliance known as COVAX includes none of the 251 million doses of vaccine Canada bought directly from drug companies. International Development Minister K...
