Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Jan. 24, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday Jan. 24, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 15,213 new vaccinations administered for a total of 816,451 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at
Too soon to know if Canada’s COVID-19 case decline will continue, Tam says
MONTREAL — It's still too soon to know whether the recent downward trend in new COVID-19 cases will continue, Canada's chief public health officer said Sunday as several provinces grappled with outbreaks that threatened to derail their fragile progress...
Vaccine delays top agenda as Parliament set to resume after less-than-restful break
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons on Monday following a month-long break that was anything but restful to again face the ramification of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the threat of a possible election. One
‘It wasn’t called COVID at the time:’ One year since Canada’s first COVID-19 case
TORONTO — The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn't that sick and might otherwise have been sent home. Except the man had just returned from China, where a new viral disease
A timeline of COVID-19 in Canada
Here's a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25, 2020: Jan. 25: A Toronto man in his 50s who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan — the
Taxpayers’ watchdog sees complaints spike, raising worries about pandemic tax season
OTTAWA — Canada's taxpayers' ombudsperson says his office has seen a steep spike in complaints compared to one year ago, delivering an early warning about how complicated returns should be handled this year. François Boileau says the number of complain...
Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA — Under fluorescent lights, Wendy Muckle surveys the supervised consumption site that sits in quiet contrast to Ottawa's peppy ByWard Market nearby. Users filter into the brick building — dubbed "the trailer," a nod to the service's former digs ...
A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Here is a look at the Coastal GasLink pipeline project and its history: The project: B.C. Premier John Horgan announced provincial support for the project on Oct. 2, 2018. He said LNG Canada's decision to build a $40-billion liquefied natural gas
A chronology of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia
Here is a timeline of a liquefied natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia, which led to rail disruptions a year ago by people showing solidarity with the hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project: Dec. 31, 2019: The B...
‘We’re still in it’: Wet’suwet’en push forward on rights recognition
Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also goes by John Ridsdale, was among a group of
