OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will field questions from party members today, a day after he gave a speech outlining what he sees as the path to victory come the next election. And he was blunt: it’s a path that doesn’t run through the existing grassroots. O’Toole made it clear his eye is on suburban voters…
O’Toole to Face Conservative Grassroots After Laying Out Elements of Election Plan
Atlantic Canada Aims to Ease Travel Restrictions, as Quebec Reduces Curfew Hours
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia are planning to move forward with opening up inter-provincial travel by forming a travel bubble by mid-April, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Wednesday. Newfoundland and Labrador will join the bubble later, and travel barriers to the rest of the country could be lifted by early July, Higgs…
Quebec to Go Against Advice From National Vaccine Panel and Give AstraZeneca to 65+
MONTREAL—Quebec said Monday it will administer the newly approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to seniors, despite Canada’s national vaccine expert panel recommending against its use for people over the age of 65. The province’s vaccine expert committee is recommending that all approved vaccines be used immediately to prevent deaths and hospitalizations, the Health Department said in a…
Quebec, France Resistant to Encroaching ‘Woke’ Ideology
Commentary Last month, Quebec Premier François Legault took to Facebook to criticize “radical activists” who he said are taking political correctness to extremes. He was in part reacting to the suspension last September of a francophone University of Ottawa professor for using the N-word in class. “If we don’t defend someone who is a victim…
COVID-19 Vaccination Ramps up in Several Provinces as Supply Worries Ease
Several provinces began expanding their COVID-19 vaccination programs to members of the general population on Monday amid the prospect of more regular deliveries and the imminent arrival of a third approved vaccine. Ontario, Quebec and B.C. started or announced plans to start vaccinating older seniors living in the community, after a first phase that focused…
Quebec Seniors Home Staff Locks Down With Residents for Second Time During Pandemic
MONTREAL—Staff at a retirement home east of Montreal are living with their elderly residents to prevent them from being confined to their rooms during Quebec’s COVID−19 lockdown. It’s the second time since the beginning of the pandemic that employees at Manoir Stanstead have locked down with residents. Since Jan. 9, Quebecers have been under tight…
Quebec Seniors Home Staff Locks Down With Residents for 2nd Time During Pandemic
MONTREAL—Staff at a retirement home east of Montreal are living with their elderly residents to prevent them from being confined to their rooms during Quebec’s COVID−19 lockdown. It’s the second time since the beginning of the pandemic that employees at Manoir Stanstead have locked down with residents. Since Jan. 9, Quebecers have been under tight…
Quebec Vaccination Plans Unchanged Despite Israeli Report on Pfizer Vaccine Efficacy
Quebec will continue to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses, despite calls for a change in plans following an Israeli report showing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine having lower than expected efficacy. “The game plan remains the same, despite new info from Pfizer. Goal has 225k as of February 8. The principle remains: we vaccinate the most people as…
Two Provinces Hardest Hit by COVID-19 See Cases Trend Downward Over Last Week Totals
The two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 are seeing a decline in new cases this week as Canada grapples with delays in its immunization plans. Quebec and Ontario, which account for the bulk of the country’s COVID-19 cases, have both seen new infections trend downwards compared to last week’s totals. Quebec is reporting 1,467 new…
Amazon to Open Five Facilities in Quebec and Create Over 1,000 Jobs
MONTREAL—Amazon says it will open five facilities in Quebec that will create more than 1,000 jobs and speed up customer deliveries. The U.S. online retail giant says it will add two sorting centres and its first three delivery stations in the province. Its largest sorting centre in the province, a 48,300-square-metre facility, will open this…
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