Canada Pandemic

• Plans for the next pandemic should be tabled in House, Liberal MP urges

  The Public Health Agency of Canada should table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in the House of Commons, a Liberal MP suggests.

  Health

  Apr 20, 2023
  
• Fourth wave of COVID-19 now underway in Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam says

  Dr. Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, told reporters in a news conference that projections of a new wave of COVID-19 from a few weeks ago have come to fruition.

  Canada

  Aug 12, 2021
  
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• As the pandemic recedes, Canadians rate their country as, at best, average

  Mike Colledge of Ipsos says that relative to global citizens from other countries, Canadians don’t feel very special about themselves.

  Commentary

  Jun 29, 2021
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• Canada’s pandemic ‘alert’ system failed to operate properly for COVID-19: report

  The audit was ordered by federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu after reports the Global Public Health Intelligence Network didn't operate as intended at the onset of the pandemic.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2021
• Canada could see 60,000 coronavirus cases a day under worst-case scenario: sources

  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.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2020
• Coronavirus: Miners in Canada’s North say federal wage subsidy doesn’t help enough

  Tom Hoefer of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines said Monday the program is a poor fit for the northern mining industry.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2020
• Coronavirus: Canada urged to make air transport an essential service for Inuit, North

  Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says flights services in the North have already been "drastically reduced'' due to increasingly strict travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2020
• Volunteer grave diggers: Canadian government asks funeral homes to prep for pandemic

  One of its recommendations is that funeral homes make advance plans for what to do if their own staff get sick, including making arrangements with volunteers from service clubs or churches to dig graves.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2017