Pfizer commits at least a million vaccine doses a week to Canada into May
OTTAWA – Canada is expected to see another big ramp up in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pfizer is upping its weekly shipments starting this month. “Based on new...
View ArticleCOVID might have been in Canada earlier than when it was first identified:...
VANCOUVER — The novel coronavirus might have reached Canada weeks before the first official case was diagnosed in late January of 2020, says an expert who tracks pandemics. Prof. Sarah Otto of the...
View ArticleMarches across Canada bringing awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous
ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) — “Take Back Canada” rallies are happening across the country to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and one of the local organizers speaking out...
View ArticleExpert says Canadians should put AstraZeneca European suspensions in context
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The number of European countries choosing to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine over potential blood clot fears continues to grow. Italy, France, Germany, Ireland,...
View ArticleScientists in U.S. and Canada set to battle murder hornets
SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring. The scientists said...
View ArticleU.S. to send 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Canada
The United States is figuring out how it could lend doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 to Canada and Mexico, according to a White House official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity...
View ArticleTrudeau criticizes China’s lack of transparency, after Michael Spavor’s...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – The prime minister is criticizing the Chinese court process, following the first trial for one of the “two Michaels” detained in China for more than two years. The brief trial for...
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COVID-19 self-test for returning travellers time-consuming, frustrating says...
SURREY (NEWS 1130) – Imagine having to take a COVID-19 test to end your 14-day quarantine, and seeing more than 1,000 people in the line ahead of you. Inderjit Kaur Sidhu says she spent two days trying...
View ArticleSurvey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in...
VANCOUVER — Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life. RELATED: Man charged after ‘hate...
View ArticleCanadian physiotherapy grads ‘beyond stressed’ by ongoing delay of certification
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Hundreds of aspiring physiotherapists across Canada have been left with little information after their long-awaited test to become certified was suddenly called off Saturday...
View ArticleCanada expecting surge in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to begin this week
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Canada is expecting to see a major ramp-up in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines, with large shipments set to begin arriving this week. We are due to receive one million Pfizer...
View ArticleU.S, U.K., Canada levy sanctions against China over actions against Uyghur...
OTTAWA — Canada is levelling sanctions against Chinese officials over human-rights violations against minority Muslims in that country. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says in taking the dramatic...
View ArticleCanadians’ mental health continues to suffer during COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — As Canadians continue to face challenges with their mental well-being because of the pandemic, a mental health expert says she’s worried this could leave permanent damage....
View ArticleCanada imposes new sanctions on Russian officials over treatment of...
OTTAWA — Canada is imposing new sanctions on nine senior Russian officials in response to what Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau describes as gross and systemic human-rights abuses in the country....
View ArticleIndigenous peoples up to 17 times more likely to die in a fire, says StatsCan
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – There are some stark numbers about Indigenous peoples and fire safety from Statistics Canada. According to the agency, Indigenous peoples are five to 17 times more likely to die...
View ArticleVaccine distribution ramping up as 11 per cent of Canadians get first shots:...
The federal government says COVID-19 vaccine distribution will steadily increase in the coming weeks as Canada hits an important milestone. Deputy chief public health officer, Dr. Howard Njoo, says the...
View ArticleCanada behind other countries for bereavement strategies, says advocate
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Canada should follow other countries and give families time to mourn their loss after a miscarriage, local advocates say, but there doesn’t seem to be much political appetite to...
View ArticleCanada’s schools draw fewer international students due to pandemic travel rules
OTTAWA — Many international students have postponed or cancelled their plans to study in Canada since Ottawa decided last month to limit entry options to the country to just four airports and require...
View ArticleThe latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, March 28, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday March 28, 2021. There are 965,404 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 965,404 confirmed cases (43,590 active,...
View ArticleCanadian tourism sector shrank by nearly half in 2020 as COVID-19 ravages...
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the Canadian tourism sector shrank by nearly half in 2020 as the disastrous year was capped off by a 3.3 per cent decrease in the fourth quarter. The federal agency says...
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