Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 2, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday May 2, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 232,177 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,652,375 doses given. Nationwide, 1,117,830 people or 2.9 per
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, May 1, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Saturday May 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 232,177 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,652,375 doses given. Nationwide, 1,117,830 people or 2.9 p...
Hot-spot town expecting J&J COVID-19 vaccine says officials seeking other sources
Officials in some COVID-19 hot spots awaited word on immunization efforts Saturday after learning Health Canada was holding back expected Johnson & Johnson vaccines over safety concerns, while several provinces continued to set new critical care an...
Port of Montreal to resume operations as legislation forces dock workers back to work
MONTREAL — Operations at the Port of Montreal were expected to resume gradually beginning Saturday after the Senate passed legislation forcing striking workers back on the job. The House of Commons approved the bill Thursday, and it was debated and app...
‘Relatively bleak:’ Post-secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs
CALGARY — Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at the University of Calgary,
The COVID-Zero approach: Why Atlantic Canada excels at slowing the spread of COVID-19
HALIFAX — Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That number may seem small compared to
Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave
OTTAWA — High vaccination rates among seniors and more infectious variants of COVID-19 are shifting the weight of the pandemic in Canada to younger people. An analysis of data published online by Health Canada suggests far fewer seniors ended up in
‘People were upset’: Parliament’s language interpreters told no sick pay during COVID
OTTAWA — Interpreters who have been the French or English voice of politicians and top doctors for the public during the COVID-19 pandemic say a federal department has told them that if they fall ill, they don't have benefits. The Canadian
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, May 1, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 288,327 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,420,198 doses given. Nationwide, 1,099,573 people or 2.9 p...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, April 30, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 288,327 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,420,198 doses given. Nationwide, 1,099,573 people or 2.9...
