Canadian pastor jailed in Myanmar for breaking coronavirus rules after leading worship gathering
Pastor David Lah was accused of violating the country’s Natural Disaster Management Law.
Category: covid19
Trudeau government failed to pre-order vaccines from countries other than China
Unlike the US or a number of European countries, the Trudeau government has not pre-ordered any vaccines from other suppliers.
Coronavirus pandemic is increasing sexual exploitation and trafficking of children online
Governments must do more to combat sexual exploitation of children – and Alberta’s Human Trafficking Task Force is leading the way.
FUREY: Politicians still don’t trust Canadians
As the coronavirus restrictions begin to ease, there’s still a lot of uncertainty and pessimism coming from our politicians.
“Non-zero risk” of privacy breach in Canada’s coronavirus contact tracing app
There is a small but real chance that the app could mistakenly identify somebody who has contracted the virus.
China may be purposefully withholding trial coronavirus vaccine from Canada: former ambassadors
David Mulroney suggests that the vaccine delay might have been purposefully done to punish Canada for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou.
Government gives $113 million mask contract to firm with no Canadian factories
In 2019, AMD Medicom closed its last factory in Canada, located in Granby, Quebec.
July sees record number of illicit drug overdoses in BC
Paramedics arrived on the scene for 2,706 overdoses in the province – approximately 87 overdoses a day.
Majority of Canadians worried about potential coronavirus vaccine side effects: Angus Reid poll
The poll comes at a time when nations across the world are racing to be the first to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
Liberals hiding names of companies that received coronavirus contracts
The latest figures show that only two-fifths of the contracts have gone to Canadian suppliers, while the rest have been awarded to overseas entities.