Tag Archives: disaster
Provinces not moving fast enough to assess, mitigate flood risk: report
OTTAWA — A new report says provincial governments are not moving fast enough to protect homes and other buildings from the ravages of flooding. The report from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo says on aver...
Feds earmark $3.3B for provinces, territories for COVID-19 infrastructure
OTTAWA — The federal government is moving ahead with plans to help provinces and territories shore up their defences against COVID-19 by freeing up billions of dollars to make schools and hospitals more pandemic resistant and expand outdoor public spac...
Canada signs deals with Pfizer, Moderna to get doses of COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA — Canada now has deals in place with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna to secure millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines, in case either of the candidates is approved for wide-scale use. But P...
Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
OTTAWA — A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know whether it has found a possible cure for the
WE controversy takes bite out of Trudeau, Liberal popularity: Poll
OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians would support an election being called if the federal watchdog finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act again over the WE charity affair, a new poll suggests. The survey by...
‘Felt like an earthquake’: Resident describes blast that shook Lebanon
Philippe Tawileh was with his wife and children watching television after dinner when they heard a blast and felt the house shake. The family of five who live in Byblos (Jbeil), about 40 kilometres north of Beirut in Lebanon, rushed to
No students participated in grant program, government says, to charity’s surprise
OTTAWA — A Halifax-based charity is expressing confusion and frustration as it looks likely to have to foot the bill for nine students that it says were hired through the federal volunteer program at the centre of the WE affair. That
COVID-19 vaccine efforts provide hope but no silver bullet to stop pandemic: Tam
OTTAWA — Canada's top public health doctors warned Tuesday that vaccines in development for COVID-19 provide hope but will not mean an immediate end to the pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam said the Public Health Agency of Canada is planning to be
Military exercise in Arctic aims to send message without spreading COVID-19
OTTAWA — Canada and some of its closest allies have kicked off a three-week naval exercise in the Arctic that aims to send a message of unity against potential adversaries in the North without spreading COVID-19 to local communities. The training
Air Force, UN food agency tackle skyrocketing COVID-19 hunger in Latin America
OTTAWA — The head of the UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America if not addressed. David Beasley, the agency's ...
