Trudeau announces goal of having 98% of Canadians connected to high-speed internet by 2026

Queen Elizabeth tested positive COVID-19 on Sunday (Feb. 20). The 95-year-old monarch, who has been fully vaccinated and had a booster shot, is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace. She will reportedly still carry on with her “light” duties at Windsor Castle over the coming week. “She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,” the palace added.

Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for COVID-19 and she's experiencing «mild cold like symptoms.»The Palace confirmed the news Sunday in a statement and added that, despite the diagnosis, she «expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week.» The Palace also said the queen will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines.U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson released a statement following the announcement wishing Elizabeth a speedy recovery.«I’m sure I speak for everyone in wishing Her Majesty The Queen a swift recovery from Covid and a rapid return to vibrant good health,» Johnson said.Elizabeth, whom the U.K.

Ontario hospital with COVID-19 on Saturday, as the province continues to work to control the ongoing pandemic.New data reported by the province on Sunday also said 324 people are receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU). 1,191 people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19, 329 in intensive care Both the number of people hospitalized and the total number of people in an ICU dropped from numbers recorded a day earlier.

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COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that ONLY a limited number of pilgrims will be allowed to attend the Katchatheevu Festival in the north of Sri Lanka.The number of pilgrims from India and Sri Lanka will be LIMITED due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the island nation, the Foreign Ministry confirmed this EXCLUSIVELY to News 1st.The Katchatheevu festival is set to take place on March 11 and 12, 2022.

Freedom Convoy” blockade that has paralyzed the nation’s capital for the past three weeks.On Sunday morning, officers were back at the protest site near Parliament Hill, where a convoy of protesters, many of them truckers, have been demonstrating against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures.At total of 191 people have been arrested since Friday, while dozens of vehicles, including many large trucks, either pulled out on their own or were towed away. Ottawa police use anti-riot weapons on convoy protesters, arrest 170 In a series of Tweets on Sunday, Ottawa police warned protesters they “will actively look to identify” them and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges.It urged residents to avoid the downtown area and to remove all vehicles parked on streets between Metcalf and Bay, and Albert and Gloucester.To prevent protesters from reclaiming territory, officers installed fencing around the demonstration site on Sunday.“We continue to maintain a police presence in and around the area of the unlawful protest occupied,” Ottawa police said in a Tweet.“We are using fences to ensure the ground gained back is not lost.”Things had been very quiet here downtown.

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Piers Morgan and Gary Lineker have led the celebrity well wishes to Queen Elizabeth II following the news that she has contracted Covid.It was announced on Sunday that Her Majesty, 95, has contracted the virus and is experiencing ‘mild cold-like symptoms’, but expects to carry out ‘light duties’ this week.The Queen’s positive test comes after it was confirmed she had been in direct contact with her eldest son and heir, the Prince of Wales, the week he had the disease.Former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers wished the head of state a ‘full and speedy recovery’ on Twitter.‘Worrying for any 95-year-old person to catch this virus, and a very worrying time for Britain when it’s our Monarch,’ he penned. ‘Good luck, Ma’am.’Match Of The Day’s Gary added: ‘The Queen has tested positive for Covid.

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Coronavirus, aka COVID-19, continues to impact us all around the world.

Queen Elizabeth has COVID-19.

Mumbai, taking the cumulative tally to 10,55,561, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday.

₹2,100 crore), Hinduja Global Solution said in a regulatory filing that this is its biggest-ever win in the public sector to date. As part of the contract, the company will employ over 2,000 work@home positions across the UK.

Feb. 6 marks 70 years since British monarch Queen Elizabeth II took the throne following the death of her father, King George VI. Redmond Shannon has the story.

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Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and is experiencing mild symptoms but expects to continue light duties this week, Buckingham Palace said.The health of the 95-year-old queen, who has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, has been under the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment and was advised by her doctors to rest. Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: A look at her legacy in Canada “The Queen has today tested positive for COVID,” the Palace said.

Delhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 18,56,071, said the state health department on Sunday. The positivity rate has fallen to 1.04%.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied throwing "caution to the wind" as he prepares to end all pandemic-related legal restrictions in England, amid a political backlash and scientific unease.

COVID.Downing Street has said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal details of his “living with COVID” plan on Monday (February 21) – outlining that factors such as vaccination, testing, and anti-viral drugs will be enough to keep people safe, rather than expecting infected people to stay at home.Self-isolation regulations for those who test positive and their close contacts are expected to cease by the end of this week.“COVID will not suddenly disappear, and we need to learn to live with this virus and continue to protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms,” said Johnson. “We’ve built up strong protections against this virus over the past two years through the vaccine rollouts, tests, new treatments and the best scientific understanding of what this virus can do.”He added: “Thanks to our successful vaccination programme and the sheer magnitude of people who have come forward to be jabbed, we are now in a position to set out our plan for living with COVID this week.”Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary told BBC‘s Sunday Morning today (February 20) this was “declaring victory before the war is over”, that ending mandatory self-isolation was “not the right thing to do” and that this was a distraction from the ongoing ‘partygate’ scandal.“At this stage the PM risks muddying the waters,” he said. “We want to see the government publish the scientific advice because at the moment this seems very premature.”“He continued: It seems like Boris Johnson is keen to declare victory before the war is over in the hope he gets some headlines about ‘victory day on COVID’ instead police officers asking questions about actions in Number 10.”Labour Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells #Raworth that dropping remaining

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for Covid-19, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday spoke about the recent results from American pharma giant Moderna regarding its vaccine being 94.5 per cent effective, saying the company has submitted its product for Health Canada review, but added Canadians need to double down on working to prevent to COVID-19 as a vaccine isn’t effective until a person actually gets it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said the federal government is having conversations with provinces on the rollout of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, but said the primary focus now is on getting through the second wave and lowering the spread of the coronavirus as vaccines are still “many months away.” He said they are also engaging with partners like the military on delivering a vaccine, but said while there they see a “light at the end of the tunnel coming,” they need to ensure they get through the winter “as best we can.”

As snowbirds are signaling they would like to travel during this winter despite COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the travel advisory remains for people to stay home and not engage in international travel.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said people are rightly concerned about issues like school closures or a potential lockdown, but said the federal government’s role is to support and work with provinces but said how each region is impacted is different so these issues are up to health and provincial authorities, not Ottawa.

Justin Trudeau said that Canadians will only need to hold on for “a few more months” as he says the country will begin to see the other side of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in the spring.However, he warned that Canada is in for a “tough winter.”“People just need to hang on.

Trudeau government is poised to introduce legislation aimed at better safeguarding the privacy of Canadians in the digital era.The bill, to be tabled as early as this week, would be a step toward realizing commitments set out in the mandate letter of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.

Diwali virtually today in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 cases across the country. ‘Do it at home’: B.C.

Justin Trudeau praised the heroics of health-care workers across Canada and added that Londoners “have shown that they know what to do” in response to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.Trudeau spoke on The Morning Show with Devon Peacock on Global News Radio 980 CFPL a day after his virtual visit with health-care workers in London, Ont., on Thursday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced the government is investing $1.5 billion through the Workforce Development Agreements to provide additional funding to all 13 provinces and territories to help provide training, employment counselling and other services for Canadians working in sectors impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday spoke about the ongoing surge of COVID-19 in the country, stressing that what “we do in the coming days and weeks will determine what we get to do at Christmas.” He urged people to continue to wear masks but to also reduce contacts and understand even if people see cases “flattening” it’s not the time to say “we don’t have to stay tight anymore.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that the federal government would continue to help provinces and territories as they combat COVID-19, including dispatching the Red Cross to help in long-term care facilities in Manitoba, but stressed to premiers that federal “resources are not infinite.” He said there is a threshold, should the cases spike too much, they may have to make decisions about where to deploy the resources.

Justin Trudeau says action needs to be taken immediately to preserve any chance Canadians will be able to gather over the holidays, “even in a restrained way,” as daily counts of new COVID-19 cases have spiked in Canada since Nov. 7.He also said that he’s made it clear to provincial governments that Ottawa is there to “encourage them to make those difficult decisions to shut things down now so things don’t get too bad in the coming months.” Canada adds nearly 5,000 coronavirus cases, setting new daily record New COVID-19 case counts have risen to about 4,000 a day since Nov.

Justin Trudeau will continue Friday to prod premiers towards more stringent measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, even as he offers up more federal funding to help provinces retrain workers left jobless by the pandemic.Trudeau is expected to announce hundreds of millions of dollars more for provinces to plow into skills training, on top of some $3.5 billion in previously announced funding.

Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers have agreed to meet next month to address requests to increase long-term funding for provincial health care systems, sources tell Global News.News of the meeting comes amid a call between the First Ministers Thursday evening, in which the prime minister also told premiers that the federal government was ready to assist provinces now dealing with new lockdown measures amid a record-breaking second wave of the novel coronavirus.

coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soar across Canada, a new poll shows that a majority of Canadians want a boost in the health-care system and innovation.A survey of 1,150 Canadians conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), found that 88 per cent said there need to be more beds, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical staff, hospitals and clinics, to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 93 per cent of those aged 55 and above agreed.

Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the novel coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net.Millions of people have received emergency benefits since March, when the first wave of COVID-19 struck Canada and led to widespread lockdowns and historic job losses.A new round of $500-a-week benefits for the unemployed has since been put in place and extended to next summer.

As COVID-19 infections skyrocket across Canada, Toronto and all of Manitoba are entering code red restrictions.

Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged Canadian provinces and territories to “do the right thing” and protect public health as coronavirus cases continue to surge across much of Canada.Trudeau’s advice comes as Manitoba announced tightened restrictions on Tuesday — forcing non-essential stores, gyms and places of worship to close and banning social gatherings in an effort to stop a spike in COVID-19 cases.

On Tuesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada is seeing a “significant rise” in COVID-19 cases and that the federal government is making it possible with supports for businesses and local jurisdictions to “do the right thing” by shutting down and imposing restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19. And while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday the early data is encouraging, an eventual vaccine is no use to anyone who catches the virus now.

Justin Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada early next year, but warns that won’t bring an immediate resolution to the pandemic currently seeing a resurgence in several provinces.The prime minister says news from Pfizer today that one of its vaccine candidates appears very effective in clinical trials is “very encouraging” but won’t help anyone who catches the virus in the meantime.

usurped) is that we as a country care very deeply about this symbol and what it represents.Perhaps, then, we could avoid at least some of the outrage and controversy if we acknowledge that the poppy and Remembrance Day itself are not in imminent peril. Quite the opposite, in fact.As it turned out, the Great Poppy Controversy of 2020 was over almost as soon as it began.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians to do more to help slow the spread of COVID-19, as new job data shows that long-term unemployment levels remain high across the country. As David Akin reports, it will take a vaccine to bring both numbers down.

Justin Trudeau says some COVID-19 vaccine candidates expected in the new year will pose significant logistical and distribution challenges.Trudeau says he hopes a viable vaccine will be available to Canadians in the spring but notes some of the initial doses will require special handling that could complicate distribution efforts.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that 84,000 jobs were added to the economy in October, and that they would be extending the Innovation Assistance Program with a new investment of $155 million.