Ontario Premier Doug Ford is slated to announce his government's impending proof-of-vaccination system — commonly called a COVID-19 vaccine passport — for the province today, his office has confirmed. The news comes after Ford and his cabinet spent two days deliberating details of the plan. A source with knowledge of...
The Canadian federal election campaign that was supposed to resemble 1974, and provide Justin Trudeau with a majority government, is starting to look more like the one his father fought in 1979. It could very well end in the same fashion, with a Liberal Party defeat in the House...
Two new fires were reported by the province around the perimeter of the out-of-control White Rock Lake wildfire, but already one is deemed under control. BC Wildfire Services is reporting a two-hectare fire around Lisa Creek, southwest of Salmon Arm discovered Aug. 30. The other, also reported Aug. 30, was a...
Health Canada has authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine for use in older children. The agency said Friday that it considers Moderna's vaccine to be "safe and effective at preventing COVID-19" in children between the ages of 12 and 17. Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine was approved for the same age group in May. The...
The province’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system comes into effect Wednesday and those aged 13 and over who want to access non-essential services are required to show proof of vaccination. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced the implementation of the passport system in early August prompting some protests in Montreal and...
After repeatedly spurning the notion of a system that would force people in Ontario to show proof-of-vaccination for access to some non-essential services, such as gyms and bars, Premier Doug Ford appears to have once again changed his tune to match public opinion: Provincial vaccine passports are happening. The GTHA...
Some Quebecers will be able to download a new mobile app for the vaccine passport Wednesday morning as the province says it’s ready to limit some non-essential services to only vaccinated people. The VaxiCode app will be ready to be downloaded in the Apple App Store at 8 a.m. by...
An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau’s campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Trudeau made the...
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole would not distance himself Sunday from comments made by a longtime Conservative MP who warned constituents the Liberals are preparing for a “climate lockdown.” Cheryl Gallant, who is running for re-election in the Ottawa Valley riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke for the eighth time, asked constituents in undated...
As a crowd of more than 100 angry protesters shouted insults, banged on garbage bins and tangled verbally with police on Sunday, it was hard to know where to look. On one side of the VeriForm Inc. loading bay was Liberal leader Justin Trudeau — flanked by his deputy prime...