Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829,423 resolved, 22,192 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.
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Federal Conservatives revoke memberships of anti-lockdown pastor and son
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has decided to kick out a controversial anti-lockdown pastor from Aylmer, Ontario and his son.
Pastor Henry Hildebrandt and his son Herbert Hildebrandt have recently made national news for participating in anti-lockdown protests and leading church services contrary to coronavirus restrictions.
According to Herbert Hildebrandt, both his father’s and his membership were revoked by the party without explanation.
Arrests, tickets and no answers: Toronto police continue crackdown on anti-lockdown protests
It was like déjà vu all over again at Queen’s Park in Toronto last Saturday. In the shadow of the cenotaph — a monument that commemorates those Canadians who gave their lives in numerous wars to preserve our rights and freedoms — members of the Toronto Police Service were ticketing and arresting anti-lockdown protesters who had the temerity to… display a sign… or wave a flag… or merely stand in a park doing absolutely nothing!
Pfizer moves up delivery, Canada to have 8M doses by end of March
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Pfizer-BioNTech has agreed to move up a portion of its vaccines scheduled for the summer, with an additional 1.5 million doses arriving in March.
This means Canada will have access to a total of eight million vaccine doses from Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca by the end of the first quarter, up from an original commitment of six million doses.
Pastor Coates denied bail
Pastor James Coates has been denied bail and will stay behind bars until his trial in May.
Justice Peter B. Michalyshyn, in the Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, made the ruling Friday morning stating the pastor’s continued detention was “justified” and “necessary.”
“Pastor Coates is bound by the rule of law. His refusal to the condition of release and multiple noncompliances with the stated intent to continue concerns public safety,” Michalyshyn said.
Under intense pressure, WHO skips summary report on coronavirus origin
Facing intense international pressure and criticism, the World Health Organization has abandoned plans to release a summary report of its investigation into the possible origin of the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
Instead, the health agency of the United Nations is skipping the summary report and plans to release a full report the week of March 15. The WHO had previously said it would release a summary report in mid-February.
Growing number of Canadians say Trudeau doing ‘bad job’ on vaccine rollout even as pace quickens
Respondents living in Alberta were most critical, with 71 per cent saying Trudeau did a bad job. Atlantic Canada was the least critical, with 43 per cent.
Ottawa, airlines close to bailout package that could soar past $7 billion, says labour leader
The federal government is in the final stages of talks with airlines on what could turn out to be a $9 billion support package for the pandemic-battered industry, says union representative Jerry Dias.
Sources say most of the airlines are calling for financial help from Ottawa but WestJet wants the federal government to prioritize coming up with a plan to safely restart air travel.
Canada’s COVID marketing freshened up to show “diversity,” “intergenerational relations”
On September 2, 2020, NRC staffer Marie-Eve Letourneau emailed Roger Scott-Douglas, Ph.D., to seek approval for the new marketing materials. The new materials were prepared in response to a wider change to the “look” of government COVID-19 “marketing and communications products.”
BUSTED: NY Gov. Cuomo’s Deadly Nursing Home Scandal is Now Going to the Next Level
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo refuses to resign. But a damning new report is going to put more pressure on New York legislators to do something about the governor or risk looking complicit in a major scandal that is now being raised to the next level.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that not only did the Cuomo administration hide data about a deadly March 2020 decree that sent COVID-positive nursing home residents back to long-term facilities, despite the known risks, aides actually deleted data and altered documents to mislead the public.
FERNANDO: Canada Needs Conservatives To (Finally) Take A Strong Stand Against Lockdowns And Prison Hotels
Millions of Canadians oppose the ongoing abuses and overreach of government power. Why are so few politicians willing to speak on their behalf?
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 5, 2021
Canada: 878,391 confirmed cases (29,903 active, 826,337 resolved, 22,151 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers.
Canada thanks India as 500,000 doses of Covishield COVID-19 vaccine arrives
Anita Anand, MP for Oakville and Minister of Public Services and Procurement, said in a tweet, “The AZ/CoviShield vaccine is now in Canada. The first tranche of 500,000 doses arrived this morning from Serum Institute of India with 1.5 million more doses to follow. Thank you to all whose hard work made this happen. We look forward to future collaboration.” She had earlier said that another 944,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be reaching Canada this week, of which 444,600 doses are of Pfizer and 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca.
Lockdowns have no significant benefits: international study
An international study comparing government measures to combat coronavirus in ten countries found lockdowns had no measurable impact on transmission.
The study, written by researchers at Stanford University, found that there was “no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country.”
FUREY: Public health officials are not perfect
Over the weekend, Anthony Furey reported that parents were being told by Peel Public Health that young children who are dismissed from school must be quarantined completely alone for the two week period – even if they don’t have COVID.
After Anthony’s report, Peel Public Health apologized and admitted that they made a mistake.
This is a story that shows public health officials make mistakes and Canadians have the right to push back and criticize them.