Fueled by loosening pandemic restrictions and warmer weather, Canadian housing starts set an all time record by rising 21.6 per cent in March, data from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation showed on Monday. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of… »
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Provinces lower minimum age for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from 55 to 40
Struggling to cope with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian provinces of Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba will start offering the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine and its Indian-produced version, Covishield, to people age 40 and over. In Quebec, where AstraZeneca… »
Young people urged to get tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea
Increasing rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea in Canada have prompted health officials to urge anyone under the age of 30 who is sexually active to get tested. The previous recommendation was for those under 25. The Canadian Task Force on… »
Ontario seeks help as COVID-19 cases explode
As medical advisors predicted, the number of hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care units is threatening to overwhelm the healthcare system in the large province of Ontario. The situation is so bad that the federal government and other provinces are… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon invest $100 million in green infrastructure
The governments of Canada, Saskatchewan and Saskatoon announced Friday a joint investment of over $102 million towards 11 green infrastructure and COVID-19 resilience projects. A press release from Infrastructure Canada said that the green infrastructure projects include upgrades to drinking… »
Canada’s Blue Metropolis literary festival set for virtual opening
The 23rd edition of Montreal’s Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival along with the TD-Blue Metropolis Children’s Festival is set to open virtually on Apr. 24, festival organizers have announced. The theme of this year’s festival, which will feature more than… »
Final standings in last Monday’s Yukon election are still to come
Last Monday’s territorial election in Yukon still isn’t over. “Official addition,” took place Thursday and Monday’s unofficial results were certified. There were no surprises. With 10 seats needed to form a majority government in the 19-seat legislature, the Liberal Party… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Facebook launches Q&A app Hotline, a hybrid of Clubhouse and Zoom
Copying and then developing is what Facebook usually does to confront most of the newly trendy competition apps. Recently, Facebook launched its own “audio chat room-style” social application, Hotline. For some reason this time, Facebook didn’t launch the app officially,… »
Canada to get 8M more doses of Pfizer vaccine, as Moderna delivery stumbles
The federal government has secured an additional eight million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday, hours after Moderna said its incoming delivery of 1.2 million more vaccine doses would be slashed in half. Canada will… »
Canadian Medical Association calls for extraordinary measures to fight COVID-19
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) issued an urgent call on Friday for unprecedented measures in order to address the rising number of COVID-19 cases in provinces across the country. In a statement, the CMA called for marshaling national resources, applying… »
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