PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – The reeve of a Saskatchewan community threatened by a fast- moving wildfire says firefighters and farmers are coming together to slow down the blaze. “It’s very smoky here. It’s dark,” Ryan Scragg of the Rural Municipality of Garden River said Wednesday. “Everybody’s doing the best they […]
Canada
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 1,616 new cases of COVID-19 today and 17 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 472 new cases in Toronto, 360 in Peel Region, and 116 in York Region. She says there are also 114 new cases in Hamilton […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario said its COVID-19 hot spots will have enough vaccines to meet demand when all adults become eligible for shots this week, but critics said the province wasn’t doing enough for areas hit hardest by the pandemic. The government announced Monday that everyone aged 18 and older would […]
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MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Francois Legault is scheduled to announce the province’s reopening plan today. Earlier this month, Legault said he was impressed with Saskatchewan’s “Re-Opening Roadmap” and asked Health Minister Christian Dube to develop a similar plan. Saskatchewan’s three-step plans calls for a gradual reopening with various restrictions lifted […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Canada’s first homegrown vaccine for COVID-19 is showing promising antibody results in hundreds of participants in a Phase 2 trial and could be ready for a final authorization request this summer. Nathalie Landry, the executive vice-president for scientific and medical affairs for Medicago, said the vaccine appears to […]
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OTTAWA – The Liberal government is enlisting another military officer to take over from Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who was abruptly sidelined last week from his role overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign because of a military investigation. Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie will now be responsible for managing the country’s vaccine distribution and […]
PORT RENFREW, B.C. – The RCMP have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockade camps set up to prevent logging in areas of southwestern Vancouver Island. The Mounties are temporarily controlling access to the Fairy Creek watershed area near Port Renfrew to enforce the civil injunction and allow loggers with […]
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A simple surgery to remove a piece of unnecessary tissue in the heart could prevent strokes in patients with a common condition that requires them to take blood thinners, says the Canadian lead author of a study involving about 4,800 people in 27 countries. Dr. Richard Whitlock, a cardiac surgeon […]
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TORONTO – All adults in Ontario will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday, after the provincial government said doses scheduled to be delivered next week arrived early. The province said those who are turning 18 this year will also be allowed to book a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — […]
By Tara Deschamps
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario golfers have been pushing the province to reopen courses ordered closed while the province is under stay-at-home orders, but some observers say access to outdoor recreational facilities serving a wider population should be be just as high on the agenda. Doctors and recreational facility administrators say Canadians […]
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OTTAWA – Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is blasting the Liberal government for not providing Canadians with more information about why the general overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been forced to step aside. The Department of National Defence issued a terse three-line statement on Friday evening announcing that Maj.-Gen. […]
By Lee Berthiaume
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked with overseeing it. The federal government says it expects around 4.5 million doses to arrive […]
