Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending provinces pause the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine on those under the age of 55 because of safety concerns, CBC News is reporting. The recommendation comes following reports of possible… »
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Economy, International, Politics
PM Trudeau co-hosts meeting of world leaders as UN warns of debt crisis
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau co-hosted a virtual meeting of world leaders on Monday as the United Nations warned that a looming debt crisis risks sending the global economy “spiralling deeper into the worst recession since the Great Depression.”. The… »
Bird strike blamed for fatal crash of Canadian military aerobatics jet
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) says a small bird brought down one of its famed Snowbird air demonstration jets last year, killing a passenger and injuring the pilot. The RCAF’s Directorate of Flight Safety released on Monday its findings… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Top Indigenous films available online
Twelve award-winning films from the 2020 International First Peoples’ Festival are available for free viewing online from March 27 to April 11, 2021. The works include a film made in Canada called Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up. The film is… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Cybersecurity tools offered to small, medium businesses
Almost half of Canadian small and medium businesses (SMBs) have suffered cyber attacks, according to a cybersecurity expert at Ryerson University, but a free online tool has been created to help them fight it. Simply Secure is a training and… »
Many Canadians very concerned about pandemic’s long-term impact on education
A new survey suggests many Canadians feel the COVID-19 pandemic will have negative long-term impacts on children’s education. The survey, by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan, found that despite 63 per cent… »
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One person is dead, six others are wounded in B.C. knife attack
A 28-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder following a knife attack Saturday afternoon in a usually placid Vancouver suburb. One woman is dead and six people are recovering from stab wounds after they were attacked by a man… »
Canada to apologize to Black battalion of WWI
The Government of Canada will apologize for the treatment endured by members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion before, during and after their service in the First World War. When Great Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914, Canada’s… »
In a long-delayed vote, Liberals keep power in Newfoundland and Labrador
Delayed for weeks by the COVID-19 pandemic, Newfoundland and Labrador’s general election–the first-ever, mostly mail-in vote in Canadian history–appears to be finally over. Results were released on Saturday. They showed the incumbent Liberals under Andrew Furey holding on to power… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Canada’s carbon price is set to increase by $10 on April 1
With the federal carbon tax set to increase by $10 to $40 per ton on April 1, many Canadians will have to pay more at the pump or for heating their houses. But they will also get a bigger tax… »
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