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CanadaNov 26, 2020

Canada now has purchase agreements with seven COVID-19 vaccine producers: Dr. Howard Njoo

Federal health officials say Canada now has purchase agreements with seven COVID-19 vaccine producers. Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Doctor Howard Njoo says most are in the final stages of testing before they can go to Health Canada for approval. Officials say they expect the first doses of vaccines to be delivered in the first three months of the new year. The Trudeau government has been in the hot seat this week, after the prime minister acknowledged that some countries will get COVID-19 vaccines before Canada does, because Canada doesn't have the capacity to make them.
CanadaNov 26, 2020

Court strikes down consecutive life sentences; Quebec mosque shooter has sentence cut

Quebec's highest court has declared unconstitutional a provision of the Criminal Code that allows for life sentences to be served consecutively. The move reduces the sentence given to the man who killed six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017. Alexandre Bissonnette, 30, was sentenced in February 2019 to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 40 years. With today's decision from the Quebec Court of Appeal, he will be eligible to apply for parole after serving 25 years.
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CanadaNov 26, 2020

Numerous vaccine manufacturers closed their facilities or moved out of Canada in years when Conservative governments were in power: PM Trudeau

The prime minister is defending the fact that Canada does not have any vaccine-making facilities in operation. He admitted yesterday that Canadians will not get COVID vaccines as fast as other countries. But Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons today that numerous vaccine manufacturers closed their facilities or moved out of Canada in years when Conservative governments were in power. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner received no direct answer when she asked Trudeau whether his government has negotiated contracts with international drug companies to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Canad
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CanadaNov 25, 2020

Bloc leader slams Trudeau over 'unacceptable' handling of COVID-19 vaccine orders

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is blasting the prime minister's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling Justin Trudeau's pledge that vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months "unacceptable."Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians yesterday even as he acknowledged that some other countries are likely to start inoculating their citizens first, citing Canada's low capacity to churn out vaccines.Blanchet says the federal government should have moved sooner to help obtain manufacturing rights and beef up production capacity on Canadian soil.The United States, Britain and Ger
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CanadaNov 25, 2020

Alberta declares state of public health emergency for second time

Alberta is bringing in tougher COVID-19 restrictions that include limits on social gatherings and less face-to-face class time for students. Premier Jason Kenney says there are to be no indoor gatherings, but people who live alone can have up to two personal contacts. He says students in Grades 7 through 12 will transition next week to at-home learning and the school holiday break will be extended from December 18th to January 11th. Banquet halls, conference centres and concert venues must also close. Older students will be sent home from school at the end of the month, indoor social gatheri
CanadaNov 25, 2020

PM acknowledges, countries like U.S., U.K. and Germany could have some of their citizens vaccinated before Canadians can get their own shots

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acknowledging countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany could have some of their citizens vaccinated against COVID-19 before Canadians can get their own shots. He says that's because those countries have their own vaccine-production facilities and Canada doesn't. Rebuilding that capacity will take years, but Trudeau says the federal government has started the work. He says having pre-bought an array of vaccine candidates from foreign manufacturers will help get Canadians effective doses as soon as possible. But he adds it's premature t
CanadaNov 25, 2020

Canada buying 126 freezers, including 26 ultra-cold ones, to hold millions of doses of vaccines

Federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is working on an "end-to-end" chain for handling new COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they're delivered to Canada. That includes buying 126 freezers, including 26 ultra-cold ones, to hold millions of doses of vaccines that need to be kept at extraordinarily low temperatures. The government is also seeking private bidders to run the logistics, and determining whether the military has a role to play. Anand says storing and transporting vaccines safely is a top priority, especially when they have short shelf lives. Government officials say manufac
CanadaNov 24, 2020

Wrestling COVID-19 back under control depends heavily on individual Canadians restricting their activities: Dr. Theresa Tam

Dr. Theresa Tam says wrestling COVID-19 back under control depends heavily on individual Canadians restricting their activities. Canada's chief public health officer says the country is facing outbreaks in places that didn't have them during the first wave of the pandemic in the spring. And after the current second wave hit younger adults first, more and more cases are being reported in older, more vulnerable people. The Public Health Agency of Canada says on an average day in the past week, more than 2,000 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 and 70 people died. Dr. Tam says we know more n
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CanadaNov 24, 2020

Flash estimate shows manufacturing sales up 0.6 percent in October

Statistics Canada says a preliminary estimate shows manufacturing sales rose 0.6 percent in October. The agency says the growth came due to higher sales in the petroleum and coal products, paper, primary metals and wood products industries. The flash estimate for October follows a rise of 1.5 percent to $53.8 billion in September.Statistics Canada cautioned that it is continuing to collect October data and that the early indicator is subject to a higher revision rate than its regular monthly release.The early estimate was calculated based on a weighted response rate of 57.8 per cent. It says

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Coquitlam RCMP announce guilty plea after lengthy firearm related offence investigation

Following a lengthy police investigation into a 2021 shooting incident that occurred in Coquitlam, 36-year-old Sukhdeep Singh Pansal of Delta, British Columbia, has plead guilty to firearms related charges and has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. On January 16, 2021, at approximately 12:05 a.m., Coquitlam RCMP frontline officers responded to a report of shots fired from a high-rise building located in the 600 block of Whiting Way, Coquitlam. A woman was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital. The Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (ERT) ass
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North Vancouver RCMP seek public’s help identifying suspect in series of Break and Enters

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BCJul 29, 2025

Seniors advocate says B.C. will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036

A report from British Columbia's seniors' advocate say the province will need almost 16,000 new long-term care beds by 2036 to meet the demands of an aging society. Dan Levitt's report tabled at the provincial legislature pegs the current shortfall at over 2,000 beds, and predicts the gap will "grow exponentially" over the next decade. It says the number of people waiting for beds has grown significantly in the past 10 years to 7, 212 in 2025, and people are also waiting longer. The average wait time for a long-term care bed had almost doubled to 290 days by 2024, according to the report, whic
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BCJul 29, 2025

VPD investigates strong-arm robbery of senior

Vancouver Police have released video of suspects in the alleged strong-arm robbery of an 84-year-old woman downtown on Sunday. The senior was standing near Homer and West Pender Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. on July 27 when she was approached by a man and woman who accused her of stealing from them. One suspect allegedly took the woman’s cane, while the other tried to take the purse off her shoulder. The senior held on to the purse until another person intervened. The suspects were last seen walking north on Homer Street. “Every indication suggests this senior was targeted because s
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WorldJul 29, 2025

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza. He told them that Britain will recognize a state of Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly, “unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term