TORONTO—Residents of Ontario’s long-term care homes begged on Tuesday to be allowed outside, saying anti-pandemic restrictions that have confined them indoors for more than a year make no sense given almost all have now been vaccinated. Some compared their situations to solitary confinement, and urged the provincial government to act on what they called a…
‘It’s Beyond Appalling:’ LTC Residents Beg for Release From COVID-19 Confinement
Pfizer Increases Spring Vaccine Schedule, Adds Five Million Doses to June Shipments
OTTAWA—Canada’s promised spring supply of COVID-19 vaccines grew Tuesday with millions of additional doses now expected to arrive from three different suppliers before Canada Day. But the news was tempered by ongoing concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and signs in much of the country that the pandemic still has a lot more misery to unleash….
1.5 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Expected to Arrive in Canada From U.S.
The federal government is expecting around 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the United States today. The vaccines are expected to arrive by truck and represent the first to come from south of the border. Provincial governments decide on their own how to use a vaccine, but Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief…
National Vaccine Panel to Recommend Suspending AstraZeneca Shots for Under 55s
OTTAWA—Health Canada is demanding that AstraZeneca do a detailed study on the risks and benefits of its COVID-19 vaccine across multiple age groups after getting more reports that patients in Europe developed blood clots following vaccination. The agency says it has not received any reports of blood clots in Canada to date. The regulators that…
Withered Public Health Agency Forced to Scramble on COVID 19, Auditor General Finds
March 25, 2021
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OTTAWA—A withered Public Health Agency of Canada dithered on pandemic preparedness, the federal auditor general has concluded, leaving officials no choice but to scramble to respond to COVID-19. And if such a scramble is to be avoided in the future, auditor general Karen Hogan found, it’s time for an independent review of the eternal Canadian…
Toronto Airport Loses $383 Million in 2020 as Passenger Numbers Plunge Due to COVID
TORONTO—Canada’s largest airport lost $383 million last year as the number of passengers plunged nearly 74 per cent from 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says its net loss compared with a $139.8-million profit in 2019 as revenues decreased nearly by half to $823.5 million, from $1.5 billion a year…
COVID-19 Cases Trend Upward Across Canada Amid Vaccine Supply Concerns
TORONTO—New cases of COVID-19 infections across Canada are trending upward, public health authorities reported on Wednesday, amid new concerns over vaccine supplies. Thousands of new cases on average and 31 deaths were being reported daily, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in its latest update. The bottom line, the agency said, was that people…
Health Canada Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Safe, Effective but Will Add Warning on Clots
OTTAWA—Health Canada is in the process of adding a warning about a rare possible side-effect of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but is still certain the vaccine is safe and effective against COVID-19. The department’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma says the warning comes on the heels of a similar warning in Europe…
Injunction Against Quarantine Hotel Policy Denied, Constitutional Hearing to Go Ahead
TORONTO—A constitutional rights advocacy group has lost its bid for an injunction against the federal government’s quarantine hotel policy designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Canadian Constitution Foundation had asked for the injunction while waiting for the courts to rule on whether the policy for incoming international travellers is constitutional. The foundation was…
COVID-19 Cases Start to Climb Again as Variants Spread
OTTAWA—Canada’s chief public health officer says new COVID-19 cases are starting to tick back up after a month of decline. The “moderate increase” at the national level noted by Dr. Theresa Tam is in keeping with models forecasting a spike in cases over the next two months unless public-health measures remain in place to combat…
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