Canadian Olympic Committee has no plans to boycott 2022 Beijing games: CEO
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While there have been calls for Canada’s athletes to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights violations, the Canadian Olympic Committee’s CEO is...
View ArticleSome provinces ease COVID-19 restrictions as N.L. contends with worsening...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – While Ontario continues to report over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, the province’s state of emergency has officially ended, and the government is moving ahead with its...
View ArticleNetflix plans to open an office in Canada and grow its relationship with its...
TORONTO — Netflix plans to open an office in Canada in what the streaming giant calls “a big first step” toward content creation in this country. Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos...
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Canada is 38th in the latest global COVID-19 vaccine ranking
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be administered across the country, a new ranking shows Canada is lagging behind many other nations when it comes to just how fast we’re...
View ArticleStricter testing, quarantine rules for travellers to Canada coming Feb. 22
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – The feds have now clarified when our new travel restrictions are set to kick-in. The extended clampdown will begin on Feb. 22. The new rules include mandatory testing for anyone...
View ArticleCanada’s Conservatives say Olympics shouldn’t be in China
TORONTO — Canada’s main opposition party on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to press the International Olympic Committee to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing,...
View ArticleRents drop 8.7 per cent Canada-wide; Vancouver most expensive city: data
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The cost of rental housing is down Canada-wide in the last year, but Vancouver is still the most expensive city, data shows. According to Rentals.ca, rents have dropped by 8.7...
View ArticleVariants could fuel third COVID-19 wave in Canada, modelling shows
OTTAWA – There’s a dire warning contained in the latest federal COVID-19 modelling data: if virus variants take hold in Canada and restrictions are relaxed, we could see a significant third pandemic...
View ArticleCanada missed chance to help homegrown vaccines move quickly last spring:...
OTTAWA — Two vaccine developers in Canada say a lack of federal funding early in the pandemic kept homegrown vaccines from moving as quickly as international versions. John Lewis, the CEO of Entos...
View ArticleCOVID-19 pandemic at forefront of Biden, Trudeau first bilateral meeting
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – The COVID-19 pandemic was at the forefront of the first bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden, with the two leaders agreeing to work...
View ArticleCanada’s daily COVID-19 case counts much higher than at peak of first wave
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s chief public health officer says the daily COVID-19 case counts are nearly 75 per cent higher than they were at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic last spring....
View ArticleCanadian immigrant’s shot at permanent status ruined by ‘glitch’ in gov’t...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – After more than 10 years of studying and working in Canada, Syed Husain finally got an opportunity to cement his right to remain in the country. But he says an apparent glitch...
View ArticleCanada’s GDP down 5.4 per cent in 2020, worst year on record
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Canada’s real gross domestic product contracted 5.4 per cent in 2020. The economy posted its worst showing on record last year as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across Canada....
View ArticleFirst shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine arriving amid confusion over its use
OTTAWA — The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Canada on Wednesday as confusion persists over who should get the shot. Canada is getting just short of a million total...
View ArticleVancouver Park Board wants your help to lower Canada goose numbers
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — If you’ve taken a gander around Vancouver, you may have noticed the Canada goose population is out of control. The Vancouver Park Board reports around 3,500 are spread across...
View ArticleApproval of fourth COVID-19 vaccine could further accelerate provinces...
CALGARY (660 NEWS) — The approval of the single-dose vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is more good news on the pandemic front for Alberta, according to Health Minister Tyler Shandro. “This isn’t just...
View ArticleOne year since Canada’s first COVID-related death in B.C.
NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Monday marks one year since the first life was lost in Canada to COVID-19. He was a man in his 80s living at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver. Since Mar. 8,...
View Article8M COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in Canada this month
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Canada by the end of March. The country’s vaccine rollout program is picking up speed with...
View ArticleTrudeau refuses to weigh in on allegations of Royal racism
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – The prime minister is not directly answering questions about the bombshell interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in which they described their troubling treatment in the...
View ArticleUnemployment rate falls in February to lowest since March 2020
OTTAWA – Canada added 259,000 jobs last month, bringing the unemployment rate down 1.2 percentage points to 8.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. That’s the lowest rate since March of last...
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