Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 16
Multiple provinces administered their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, but a top health official warned that the country s vaccination campaign doesn t spell the immediate end of the pandemic.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 3:33 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald administers the COVID-19 vaccine to nurse Ellen Foley-Vick in St. John s on Wednesday. Foley-Vick is the first person in N.L. to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.(Sarah Smellie/The Canadian Press)
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Dec. 16
The Alberta government is sending COVID-19 teams into the 11 hardest-hit areas in Edmonton and Calgary to offer extra support and arrange free hotel rooms to allow people in those areas to self-isolate if necessary.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2020 9:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
A woman checks her smartphone in Calgary on Dec. 2, 2020, amid the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Across Canada, polls suggest it s (mostly) better to be in power during a pandemic
Though some leaders have come down from their spring peaks, polls suggest governing leaders and parties in Canada still have more support today than they did before the pandemic began.
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Nearly every governing leader and party is better off in the polls than they were in February
Posted: Dec 12, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 12, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and most provincial premiers now have more support in the polls than they did before the pandemic started.(Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)