The first COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12 could be in front of Health Canada’s review team in just days, and Pfizer expects to start shipping a new pediatric formulation of its vaccine shortly after it gets the green light.
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Diversity Is Our Strength!
50 years ago today, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy. It was the first policy of its kind in the world, and it recognized and celebrated a fundamental characteristic of our heritage and identity – our diversity.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 8, 2021
Free menstrual products coming to Ontario schools, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announces
Some six million menstrual products will be provided free of charge each year to Ontario schools as part of a three-year program announced Friday by Education Minister Stephen Lecce following pressure from youth leaders and boards.
The move — which some school boards have already implemented, as early as 2019 — addresses growing awareness about “period poverty,” where girls don’t have access to, or can’t afford, pads and tampons, and that interferes with their ability to take part in sports and activities or even attend school.
Majority of Canadians interested in receiving a COVID-19 booster shot: Nanos
The vast majority of Canadians have expressed interest in receiving a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new survey from Nanos Research.
According to the national survey, which was commissioned by CTV News, the majority are interested (69 per cent) or somewhat interested (15 per cent) in getting the third dose of vaccine.
Rising Energy Costs Show Naïve Virtue Signaling Has A Serious Price
It’s easy to go along with the trendy viewpoints when it seems like ‘others’ will deal with the cost. Now, that cost is going to hit all of us.
Kingston, Ont. hospital places 59 employees on indefinite leave for violating vaccine mandate
All physicians, staff and learners at the Kingston, Ont. research and teaching hospital were required to provide proof of having received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, or a documented medical reason for not being vaccinated, by Sept. 21. Under the policy, all staff are required to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 22.
Toronto hospitals report surge in sick kids as some pediatricians still won’t see them in person
The Ministry of Health said since July, it has encouraged all doctors to resume seeing both kids and adults in person.
While August is usually SickKids emergency department’s quietest month, so far this year it’s the busiest with close to 6,000 patients — 40 per cent more than the same month last year, and 15 per cent more than in 2019, said division head Dr. Jason Fischer.
The hospital has also noticed an increase in patients with less serious or “low acuity” illnesses.
Proposed sidewalk tax a Canadian first
A Saskatoon-based citizens action group, Saskatchewanians for Sidewalk Sustenance, (SSS) is launching a province-wide public information campaign to demand the imposition of an annual fee for sidewalk use across the province.
GOLDSTEIN: Biden’s Democratic allies are threatening Canada’s energy security
It didn’t take long for U.S. President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies to endanger Canada’s energy security. Less than a year since Biden was elected, in fact.
‘Markets going haywire’: Toronto residents can expect a hike in heating bill, fuel costs as global energy system struggles
Torontonians can expect to pay a premium on their energy bills this winter as prices for North American fuel, natural gas and coal reach heights not seen in years.
Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, projects that gasoline prices at Greater Toronto Area pumps will hit $1.50 per litre in the coming weeks, up 44 per cent from a year ago.
That would be the highest price point for auto fuel anywhere in Ontario since the summer of 2014, when a litre sold for $1.43.
I’m just so grateful to be keeping the Saudi’s afloat.
Canada faces wave of terminations as workplace vaccine mandates take effect
Canada is facing a potential wave of terminations tied to mandatory workplace vaccine policies as a growing number of employers require workers to be fully inoculated against COVID-19 — or risk losing their jobs, legal experts say.
LEVY: How are we supposed to have faith in the government’s flawed COVID rules?
It’s easy to crow that Canada will have the “strongest” travel measures in the world – and threaten stiff penalties for non-compliance – as the Trudeau government did Wednesday.
The execution is quite a different matter.
Pandora Papers: ‘This is a global network of which Canada is a hub’
The Pandora Papers, the latest leak of offshore financial records, don’t seem to have a particular focus on Canada — at least based on what has been revealed so far.
But they nonetheless shed light on a global network of illicit financial flows of which “Canada is a hub,” says James Cohen, executive director of the Canadian chapter of Transparency International.
These Canadian industries are currently facing the biggest labour shortages
The economic effects from the COVID-19 pandemic are squeezing businesses struggling to find workers as ongoing labour shortages continue to stall certain sectors.
Businesses both big and small say they are struggling to find staff and employers have been offering more incentives to attract workers such as higher wages, bonuses, and flexible hours.
Canadian government’s proposed online harms legislation threatens our human rights
The Canadian government is considering new rules to regulate how social media platforms moderate potentially harmful user-generated content. Already, the proposed legislation has been criticized by internet scholars — across the political spectrum — as some of the worst in the world.