Category Archives: National
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, May 31, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:50 p.m. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says it’s “unfortunate” that a dozen youth recently received the wrong COVID-19 vaccine, though it’s not believed they will suf...
Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries
OTTAWA — Canada is set to receive 2.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks in large part to an increase in planned deliveries from Pfizer and BioNTech. The two pharmaceutical companies had been delivering about 2 million shots per week
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 31, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 315,187 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,471,446 doses given. Nationwide, 2,012,849 people or 5.3 pe...
B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A First Nations teacher says the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a triggering event for students who regularly learn about the history
Survey show only 20 per cent of workers want to return to office full-time post-COVID
Canadians are in no rush to head back to the office even as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline across the country, a new survey suggests. A recent poll by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies has found that
Military’s diversity, inclusion efforts plagued by shortcomings: internal review
OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department review completed last fall found significant problems and shortcomings in attempts to promote diversity and inclusion across the Canadian Armed Forces. Those problems included a lack of leadership and insufficien...
Trudeau asks for lowered flags to honour dead residential schoolchildren
TORONTO — Flags on federal buildings will be lowered for the 215 children whose bodies were found at a former British Columbia residential school, the prime minister said Sunday as communities across Canada began mounting their own tributes to the
Parents calling on Canada to evacuate children stuck in the Gaza Strip
OTTAWA — When Mahmoud Khalaf's wife and two children travelled from Canada to visit extended family in the Gaza Strip in April, they couldn't imagine they would end up stranded there during a deadly war between Israel and Hamas. Khalaf, an
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 30, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 346,320 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,156,259 doses given. Nationwide, 1,948,469 people or 5.1 pe...
Health Canada extends expiry of thousands of AstraZeneca shots by an additional month
TORONTO — Health Canada extended the expiry date of tens of thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by one month on Saturday, easing pressure on Canadians scrambling to get a second shot before the jabs went to waste. That was most
