Alberta Federation of Labour calling for lockdown amid COVID-19 spike

2022 Academy Awards are just over a month away and while the night is sure to be unforgettable with surprises and snubs, one thing will not be in the cards: covid-19 vaccinations.Hollywood’s biggest night won’t require COVID-19 vaccinations proof for anyone attending the event.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is only asking for attendees to show a negative PCR test or a negative rapid antigen test on the day of the ceremony. Nominees, presenters and stars will gather on March 27 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater to celebrate the best and brightest in film.This year’s SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards, on the other hand, will both require vaccinations.A rep for the SAG Awards (to be held on Feb.

The Queen is being monitored despite not showing any COVID-19 symptoms after her son Prince Charles contracted the virus for a second time Thursday.

Middlesex-London Health Unit reported seven deaths and 115 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, compared with three deaths and 189 cases last Thursday.The deaths involved three men and four women ranging in age from their 60s to 90s. Three were associated with long-term care.LHSC, meanwhile, is caring for 91 inpatients with COVID-19, 22 of whom are in adult critical care.As noted, LHSC is caring for 91 COVID-19 inpatients, with 22 inpatients in adult critical care.

NEW CASTLE, Del. - Delaware State Police is investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that took place on Wednesday evening. According to police, the incident happened near Frenchtown Road in the area of Quigley Boulevard around 5:58 p.m. A 21-year-old woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking on the right shoulder of eastbound Rt. 273.

DARBY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Briarcliffe Fire Company has been shut down for at least the next 30 days as Delaware County officials investigate the alleged use of racial slurs on a recent virtual meeting. The fire company, located in Darby Township will not be receiving fire calls during the suspension. The suspension comes after a Jan. 27 virtual meeting between township fire companies and commissioners about a potential consolidation. According to a letter from the Goodwill Fire Company obtained by FOX 29, following the end of the meeting, a group of people remained on the call. The letter says there was then a group of people that could be heard discussing the meeting using foul language, and identifies those involved in the conversation as members of the Briarcliffe Fire Company. The conversation, which lasted an hour and 45 minutes, allegedly included racial slurs when discussing members of other fire companies and township residents.One of the Briarcliffe Fire Company members was also accused of making a joke about, Fanta Bility, a young girl who was killed in a shooting in Sharon Hill last fall.Derogatory and otherwise offensive comments were also allegedly made about other township officials.Township officials say the incident is under investigation, and that a criminal referral is expected to be made to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. MORE HEADLINES:In their letter, the Goodwill Fire Company Board of directors expressed their concern for the fire companies and safety of the community. "This is not appropriate and does not belong in the township," the letter read. Darby Township officials are scheduled to speak on the issue at 2 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers have reportedly agreed to a trade that would send Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and draft picks to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for James Harden. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that backup center Andre Drummond will also be heading to Brooklyn as part of the deal, and the 76ers will receive Paul Millsap as part of the deal. Wojnarowski reports that the picks Philadelphia is sending to Brooklyn include an unprotected 2022 first-round pick and a protected 2027 first-round pick.Harden and Simmons have dominated trade deadline headlines in recent weeks as the disgruntled Simmons had yet to suit up for the 76ers this season. Meanwhile the Nets were caught up in the rumor mill as they faced a risk of potentially losing Harden to free agency after the season and losing him for nothing. With Thursday's trade, the Sixers pick up a former league MVP in Harden to pair with MVP candidate Joel Embiid.

Stormont's Minister for Health has said he needs to talk to other ministers before decisions can be taken about further relaxation of Northern Ireland's Covid-19 restrictions.

The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson is joined by Major-General Dany Fortin to get the latest on Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Major-General Fortin as the Vice President, Logistics and Operations at PHAC, which means he will head Canada’s plan to deliver the vaccine.

Polling done exclusively by Ipsos for Global News showed that 60 per cent of Canadians surveyed approve of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s performance in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and that Trudeau’s Liberals maintain their advantage over the Conservatives, with a five-point lead over the party.

Pierre Poilievre says building up the Canadian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic can’t be achieved without a massive overhaul of the tax system and regulatory regime.And he knows you’re already yawning as you read that.But his party’s parliamentary pit bull says for all the pizzazz attached to the federal Liberals’ pledge of “building back better,” the reality is that those ideas aren’t sustainable if the country’s underlying economic system isn’t dramatically retooled.

Justin Trudeau’s approval rating continues to hold strong among Canadians, despite soaring coronavirus numbers from coast-to-coast — though a key test lies ahead.Polling done exclusively by Ipsos for Global News showed Trudeau’s Liberals maintain their advantage over the Conservatives, with a five-point lead over the party (narrowing one point from a month ago). Liberals keep edge in support over Tories as coronavirus cases grow According to the poll, 60 per cent of respondents approved of Trudeau’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, while 40 per cent disapproved.

COVID-19 vaccines, inking contracts with seven potential manufacturers and saying six million doses could arrive in the country in the first quarter of 2021.The most recent development from Ottawa came Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped former NATO commander Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin to lead the national distribution effort.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan is to have the majority of Canadians vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of 2021. Provinces are doing everything they can to prepare so when vaccines are ready, there will be no delays in delivering them.

COVID-19 response at 3 p.m. Friday.Global News will carry the briefing live here, on our Facebook page and on BC1.

Deputy chief public health officer Dr.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that they are working “extremely hard” to deliver COVID-19 vaccines “as quickly and as safely as possible,” adding that doctors have highlighted “if all goes according to plan,” the majority of Canadians could be vaccinated by next September.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said “young people need to download the COVID Alert app,” adding that “it’s a way of helping your parents and grandparents,” and will help to “protect yourself and your community from COVID-19.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday that Canada would be setting up a “national operations centre” with the support of the Canadian Armed Forces “to coordinate logistics and distribution” of COVID-19 vaccines, and named Maj.-Gen.

COVID-19 pandemic.The bad news is, that support could melt away like an ice cube on a summer’s day as details of how the government may have mishandled the procurement of the much-anticipated vaccines unfold.

coronavirus vaccine developments have made headlines in recent weeks, prompting many Canadians to question when they’ll be able to get the jab that can help to bring life back to normal.And as other countries begin to claim they might provide some of their citizens with a vaccine next month, some politicians and pundits have started questioning whether Canada is slipping to the back of the line.

Justin Trudeau was unable to provide more details on how a coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out across the country early next year during a call with Canada’s premiers Thursday, sources told Global News.According to several people in various premiers’ offices, Trudeau was reluctant to provide details when asked about federal contracts with vaccine makers, including shipments and delivery commitments for initial doses of a vaccine.Trudeau also didn’t provide a clear answer when premiers asked who will be paying for vaccine doses and their distribution, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of a private call.

COVID-19 vaccine in early 2021 as previously stated.Premier Doug Ford said on Monday the province was expecting to start receiving the vaccine in the early part of the year. Elliott said the same on Nov.

“#StopTheGreatReset.”He says he’s simply criticizing comments Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made in a speech at the United Nations and an associated World Economic Forum document, but the terminology of a “Great Reset” has been co-opted by fringe groups who falsely claim a group of global elites are using the pandemic to benefit themselves and their friends.Twitter is full to the brim of users parroting the same terminology to describe this baseless idea of a dystopian future.“Any politician who uses the phrase, #BuildBackBetter should be thrown out of government & charged with treason,” writes one user.“It is the slogan of #TheGreatReset – an authoritarian plot for world domination at the expense of national sovereignty & universal

Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Canada has secured up to 26,000 doses of bamlanivimab, a therapeutic drug used for coronavirus treatment, manufactured by Eli Lilly.“This treatment was developed in partnership with Vancouver’s AbCellera Biologics and is part of our support for researchers right here at home who are working around the clock to find a treatment for COVID-19,” he said. U.S.

coronavirus cases continues to surge from coast-to-coast.Tam and other officials are set to speak around 12:30 p.m. ET, which will be livestreamed on this page.

COVID-19 pandemic.It even has its own name, logo, website, annual summit meetings and a virtual series of online “dialogues” to push the goals of the movement.It’s called “The Great Reset,” an idea advanced by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.According to the organization’s website, The Great Reset has among its goals no less than a rapid post-pandemic overhaul of economic systems, business models and societies.

Justin Trudeau joined leaders from the world’s 20 richest nations on Sunday in a promise to work together to keep trade flowing, fight climate change and provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries.The promises are contained in a final communique issued by G20 leaders at the end of two days of largely closed-door virtual discussions ostensibly focused on co-ordinating an international response to the pandemic.Despite the pledges, however, experts say the summit represented a missed opportunity for addressing the biggest issues facing the world today — in part because most of the commitments are not new.

Justin Trudeau‘s effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered.While Trudeau stood in front of his home Friday and implored Canadians to stay in theirs, opposition leaders didn’t echo that message. Coronavirus: Alberta posts new daily case record as Ontario tightens lockdowns Trudeau had given them a briefing late Thursday on the new modelling data, which predicts new cases could hit upwards of 20,000 a day if Canadians don’t take greater care to limit their contact with people outside their households.The rare briefing — which those inside the room described as technical, with chief public health officer Dr.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam have released sobering projections that show Canada could reach 60,000 cases of COVID-19 per day. Aaron McArthur reports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a blunt warning to limit social contacts as new modelling revealed we Canada could see up to 60,000 COVID-19 infections a day by the end of this year, unless critical changes are made. David Akin reports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday was asked about his speech he made before the United Nations in September that talked about the pandemic and a “great reset” which sparked conspiracy theories online and with Conservative MPs, pointing to “anxiety” from the coronavirus pandemic as the culprit.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, while urging Canadians to reduce their contacts as COVID-19 cases spike across the country, said Christmas depends on what we do right now, but “a normal Christmas is quite frankly right out of the question.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, after urging Canadians to reduce their contacts as COVID-19 cases spike across the country, said he isn’t contemplating using the Federal Emergencies Act right now to restrict inter-provincial travel.

Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is providing $120 million in immediate funding for Indigenous communities suffering COVID-19 outbreaks in Saskatchewan and Alberta.Speaking to reporters outside his Rideau Cottage residence, Trudeau says the new money is for public health measures, food security and other surge capacity needs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged Canadians to immediately reduce their contacts with people outside their households as COVID-19 cases are spiking across the country.

Justin Trudeau is set to hold a press conference as public health officers warn action is needed now to curb the growing spread of the coronavirus.You can watch Justin Trudeau’s press conference live in the video player above.

Peace Arch Provincial Park in Surrey, Canada. (Photo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service via Getty Images) BLAINE, Wash. - The U.S.-Canadian border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month through Dec.

Justin Trudeau will amplify his plea for Canadians to stay home as much as possible after alarming new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada are released today.The updated projections are expected to forecast a dramatic rise in cases over the next few weeks — to as much as 60,000 new cases a day by the end of the year — if Canadians don’t strictly limit their contact with people outside their households.Trudeau is to hold a news conference after the latest modelling is unveiled by chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam this morning.

novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as well another 4,634 cases of COVID-19.The new data, reported by health authorities across the country, now brings Canada’s total cases of the virus to 315,449 and its death toll to 11,265.More than 252,000 patients have since recovered from the virus, however, while another 13.2 million tests have been administered.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday warned Canadians that the country still faced “many more” months of COVID-19 restrictions, despite this week’s vaccine developments from both Pfizer and Moderna.

COVID-19 in Canada are expected to forecast a dramatic rise in cases over the next few weeks if Canadians don’t strictly limit their contact with people outside their households.Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam has already warned that Canada is on track to hit more than 10,000 cases per day by early December if current trends continue.

Justin Trudeau warned Canadians on Thursday that despite this week’s promising coronavirus vaccine developments, the country is “still facing many more months” of social distancing and wearing masks.He said there are preliminary discussions around Canada’s vaccine roll-out plan, but because there are still many unknowns, the federal government will not “confirm” any plans until there is more certainty.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t confirm the exact date of when Canada can expect to roll out and provide doses of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer, after both pharmaceutical companies’ vaccines showed high rates of success.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Health Critic Michelle Rempel sparred in the House of Commons on Wednesday over a disagreement over Trudeau’s role in approving – or not – an at-home rapid COVID-19 test.

Speaking in the House of Commons on Friday, Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole questioned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the government’s plan to address a lack of freezer capacity for any possible COVID-19 vaccine, particularly ones from U.S. pharms giants Pfizer and Moderna which both recently released positive findings.

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