OTTAWA — Legislation aimed at ensuring a federal election could be safely held during the COVID-19 pandemic is stalled in the House of Commons, even as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are fast-approaching the average expiry date for minority governments in Canada.
WINNIPEG — Some of Manitoba’s top doctors have written an open letter that pleads with the public to obey COVID-19 public health orders to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.
WASHINGTON — The United States can and should do more to help Canadians get vaccinated against COVID-19, says a prominent Texas doctor, adding to the pressure on the White House to do more beyond America’s borders to end the pandemic.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba reported 291 new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 39,814.
OTTAWA — More than 5,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after flying back to Canada since mandatory quarantine hotels began in late February.
WINNIPEG — A religious leader has told court he cannot force worshippers attending his Manitoba church to follow public-health orders aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 because it is “God’s jurisdiction.”
OTTAWA — The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don’t want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said Monday.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba reported 251 new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 39,524.
WINNIPEG — All Indigenous people in Manitoba 18 and over are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.
OTTAWA — Canada is set to begin receiving more than two million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine each week as the two pharmaceutical firms ramp up their deliveries and begin shipping shots from the United States.
WINNIPEG — Manitoba reported 281 new cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 39,274.
Officials in some COVID-19 hot spots awaited word on immunization efforts Saturday after learning Health Canada was holding back expected Johnson & Johnson vaccines over safety concerns, while several provinces continued to set new critical care and case count records.
