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Article content ANALYSIS The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is being pilloried for asserting that, while taking the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccine is still generally a good idea, their higher risk for blood clots means that certain Canadians would be better served by waiting for a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or NACI is right about AstraZeneca. It shouldn’t be unsettling to trust the public...

Article content Mixed messaging to Canadians about COVID-19 vaccinations coming from different federal voices is only causing confusion and even alarm among some people. Everyone in government from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on down has been telling Canadians that the best vaccine they can take is the first authorized one they can get. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or EDITORIAL: Messaging causing vaccine confusion Back to video But that’s n...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on May 3, 2021 6:31am The Chinese embassy in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Justin Li, who currently serves as director of the National Capital Confucius Institute for Culture, Language and Business at Carleton University, as well as the director emeritus of the University of Alberta’s China Institute. (6:30 – 8:30 PM) Also on the witness list for the evening session: Two former top-level security officials — one-time national security ...

Share this article OTTAWA, ON, May 3, 2021 /CNW/ -  The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create stress and anxiety for many Canadians, particularly those who do not have ready access to their regular support networks. Through the Wellness Together Canada online portal, people of all ages across the country can access immediate, free and confidential mental health and substance use supports, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Last fall, my annual Chief Public Health Officer report highlighted th...

Article content Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That number may seem small compared to just about anywhere in the rest of the country. But it was a one-day record high for the province of 980,000 residents. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-Zero: Why Atlantic Canada excels at slowi...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on May 2, 2021 4:00pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured working in Ottawa in February, could be a facing a House call to fire his longtime chief of staff, Katie Telford. (PMO handout/Twitter) Having secured the necessary — albeit grudging — approval of the House for the policy outlined in her inaugural budget speech, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland now faces a second, possibly even higher-stakes cross-aisle challenge: convincing a...

HALIFAX — Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having…

HALIFAX - Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.

Article content HALIFAX — Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That number may seem small compared to just about anywhere in the rest of the country. But it was a one-day record high for the province of 980,000 residents. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID ZERO: Why Atlantic Canada exc...

Article content When Air Canada Flight 1255 from Kingston, Jamaica, to Toronto touched down last Friday afternoon, there was at least one COVID-positive passenger on board. Now those passengers who were in rows 30-36 of the plane that can carry more than 250 passengers are warned they have been exposed to the deadly virus. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or LILLEY: Trudeau downplays threat as more COVID-infected travellers arrive Back to video Thi...