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A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans by The Canadian Press Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 4:12 am EDT The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Dec. 14 in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has signed a contract to receive up to 168,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine by the end of December, ahead of their planned January arrival and part of 40 million Moderna doses Ottawa has secured for delivery by the end of 2021. ...

December 19, 2020 - 1:01 AM The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Dec. 14 in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada has signed a contract to receive up to 168,000 doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine by the end of December, ahead of their planned January arrival and part of 40 million Moderna doses Ottawa has secured for delivery by the end of 2021. The Moderna vaccine has not yet been approved by Health Canada, but Trudeau said deliveries could begi...

Posted: Dec 14, 2020 1:02 PM CT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020 The policy was unveiled Friday, after being endorsed by First Nations leaders at the Yukon Forum.(Steve Silva/CBC) The Yukon government is trying to give a competitive edge to First Nations' businesses bidding on government contracts. The Yukon First Nations Procurement Policy, unveiled on Friday, aims to bolster economic opportunities for First Nations people. It aims for at least 15 per cent of all territorial government procurement contracts to go to Yukon First Nations' businesses. Premier Sandy Silver said this wil...

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans by The Canadian Press Last Updated Dec 13, 2020 at 4:12 pm EDT The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history is expected to begin this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa expects to receive up to 249,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German partner BioNTech. Health Canada has approved its use. The second vaccine in line for approval in Canada is from Moderna. The Canadian military will have a role to play in vaccine dis...

Thursday was a historic day for the Yukon, as it became the first jurisdiction in Canada to unveil a strategy to deal with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-spirit+ crisis. The Yukon Advisory Committee (YAC), the group responsible for the report, spent the morning celebrating the strategy, from the lighting of a sacred fire in Whitehorse to a celebratory signing that involved nearly every community leader in the territory, along with federal officials. It was only fitting the Yukon was the first spot in Canada to act on the recommendations of the national panel, sinc...