Five mink samples at a farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, fuelling concerns of possible new mutations of the coronavirus.
“China eats weird animals disease”
Sweden paves the way for harsh lockdowns as government moves to expand powers to impose coronavirus fighting measures
The government on Wednesday proposed new temporary legislation to expand its powers to fight the coronavirus pandemic, giving it greater leeway to implement and enforce lockdown measures such as closing shopping malls and gyms.
City of Vancouver freezes police department funding as part of 2021 budget
The City of Vancouver will have a $1.6-billion operating budget next year, a five per cent average property tax increase — and a police budget that stays the same.
Those were the biggest decisions made by city council as it passed its 2021 budget on Tuesday, following weeks of consultations and meetings on how to deal with competing priorities during the pandemic.
Trudeau PRAISES India farmer protests, while Canadians are FINED for protesting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently spoke out in support of farmers protesting in India, further damaging international relations between Canada and the world’s largest democracy. India has suggested Trudeau was encouraging “extremist activities,” with the nation now set to skip a Canada-led coronavirus summit following the prime minister’s remarks.
Meanwhile, back in Trudeau’s “home and native land” protesters and churchgoers have been fined across the country, one of the most recent incidents involving a drive-in ceremony held by a Mennonite church in Steinbach, Manitoba where thousands of dollars in fines were dished out.
Suicidal thoughts, anxiety on the rise as lockdowns continue: study
Young people and people with pre-existing medical conditions are having a particularly hard time, with 60% and 61% reporting a decline in mental health, respectively.
2 Ontario LTC operators got $157M in COVID-19 aid. They also paid $74M to shareholders
Two of the largest long-term care providers in the Toronto area have received more than $157 million in federal and provincial COVID-19 relief while also paying out tens of millions of dollars in dividends to their shareholders.
What Canadians can expect now that Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Dec. 7 that up to 249,000 doses of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be ready before the end of the year following approval from Health Canada. That means about 125,000 people will be vaccinated. However, over the first few months during the first stage of the rollout, officials estimate that about three million Canadians could be inoculated.
The vaccines will be distributed to jurisdictions on a per-capita basis, so each province will receive vaccine doses in numbers proportionate to their share of the population.
Quebec will be first.
Anti-Lockdown Medical Experts Rip Fauci Over ‘Erroneous Statements’ On Pandemic, Lockdowns
Two of the doctors behind The Great Barrington Declaration, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, appeared on the Monday episode of “The Megyn Kelly Show” hosted by independent journalist and commentator Megyn Kelly. Bhattacharya and Kulldorff responded to Fauci’s criticisms of their petition with some of their own, asserting that the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has damaged public faith in medical experts through “erroneous statements” about the pandemic and lockdowns.
Canadians feel safer shopping at small businesses: poll
According to a new poll by Maru/Matchbox, 72% of Canadians say they feel more protected from the coronavirus by shopping at small businesses, compared to chains like Walmart or Costco.
Furthermore, 93% of respondents say governments should not create restrictions that shut down small businesses.
Two-Thirds Of California Residents Get Texts From State To Remain Home
Around 27 million residents, roughly two-thirds of the state’s population, received the message urging people to stay inside except for essential activities, according to CNN. Newsom on Thursday issued a mandate which shutters businesses and creates a mandatory stay-at-home order for localities where intensive care unit capacity drops below 15%, the New York Times reported.
Russia Warns Citizens Not To Drink Alcohol For Six Weeks After COVID-19 Vaccine
Russians are being asked to make the ultimate sacrifice; no drinking alcohol for six weeks after taking the country’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Biden Annouces He Will Sign ‘Executive Order to Require Masks Everywhere’ He Can
So apparently Joe Biden has not been around these past nine months because he thinks masks will magically work during the first 100 days of his administration.
Canada the biggest hoarder of COVID-19 vaccine pre-orders in First World, NGOs say
Dozens of poor nations could miss getting the COVID-19 vaccine next year because rich countries have hoarded far more than they need, the People’s Vaccine Alliance says.
Two Alberta churches launch constitutional challenge of public health orders
The lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), names Heights Baptist Church and Northside Baptist Church as the two applicants. The churches are located in Medicine Hat and Calgary, respectively.
According to the JCCF, the government violated the following rights of churchgoers by implementing coronavirus-related lockdown orders: the right to peaceful assembly, the right to travel, the right to conduct a business to earn a living, the right to visit family and friends and the right to peaceful assembly.