Category Archives: National
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 15, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):6:40 p.m.Alberta is reporting 251 new cases of COVID-19 for a total number of 5,222 active cases.The province says 356 people are in hospital with the infection and 58 of
Feds expect Pfizer to start ramping up vaccine deliveries to Canada this week
OTTAWA — Canada's sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTech following a month-long lull. The Public Health Age...
As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far
HALIFAX — Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man, and he knew it. The former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury when he was released from the military in 2015. Veterans Aff...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 15, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 6:00 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 15, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 17,824 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,270,766 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...
Canada, dozens of allies, declare arbitrary detentions immoral amid Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA — Canada and a coalition of 57 other countries offered vocal support Monday for a new international declaration denouncing state-sponsored arbitrary detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. The new declaration was born out of a yea...
A rural-urban divide: Data gives most detailed look yet at where CERB went
OTTAWA — Kelly Ernst recalls standing on sidewalks, waving to needy families in Calgary's northeast as they opened their doors to pick up food hampers. Ernst, vice-president for vulnerable populations at Calgary's Centre for Newcomers, said the memory ...
Five years after call to add Indigenous rights to citizenship guide, no changes made
OTTAWA — More than five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the federal government to revise the Canadian citizenship oath and exam guide, newcomers still study a book that contains a single paragraph on residential schools an...
List of priority populations for Phase 1 of Ontario’s vaccine distribution plan
The Ontario government has issued a memo to the province's regional medical officers of health spelling out who's next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The province offered new guidance to regional medical officers of health as supply of the
Ontario plans to expand vaccination as COVID cases stabilize in several provinces
Ontario unveiled plans to expand its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to more target groups on Sunday ahead of an expected boost in nationwide shipments of the Pfizer vaccine that could lend ammunition to the provinces' fights against the spread of contagi...
Ontario plans to expand vaccination as COVID cases stabilize in several provinces
Ontario unveiled plans to expand its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to more target groups on Sunday ahead of an expected boost in nationwide shipments of the Pfizer vaccine that could lend ammunition to the provinces' fights against the spread of contagi...
