Coronavirus Response

• COVID-19: Peterborough area to move to yellow level after stay-at-home order lifts

  Peterborough Public Health will be one of 27 public health regions to be moved out of lockdown  into a revised COVID-19 response framework effective 12:01 a.m. Feb. 16.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2021
  
• Majority of Canadians say governments should have acted faster amid COVID-19: Ipsos poll

  Just under two in three Canadians believe that governments could have acted faster to address COVID-19's spread throughout the country, a new poll from Ipsos found.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2021
  
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• Does Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have an election in mind for the new year?

  The numbers have been looking good for Justin Trudeau lately, and Mike Smyth says many signs point to the prime minister testing that popularity.

  Commentary

  Dec 3, 2020
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• Roy Green: Canadian politicians need to stop squabbling and work together on COVID-19

  If leaders of Canadian political parties truly believe the 'we're all in this together' COVID-19 rhetoric, they'd best start behaving like it, says Roy Green.

  Commentary

  Nov 13, 2020
• Coronavirus: Health minister’s comments ‘outrageous,’ says Winnipeg doctors

  A Winnipeg doctor is hitting back against the Manitoba health minister who questioned the motives of doctors who signed letters of concern about the COVID-19 crisis.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2020
• Pallister government under fire for Manitoba’s ‘disastrous’ COVID-19 response

  The leader of Manitoba's opposition says the Pallister government isn't doing enough to help Manitobans at a critical time in the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2020
• WATCH: B.C. leaders’ debate 2020

  The debate, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will be carried live on Global News, BC1, globalnews.ca, the Global BC Facebook page and CKNW.

  Politics

  Oct 13, 2020
• President Donald Trump playing politics with the pandemic: experts

  U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the simple life-saving act of wearing a mask into a divisive political football, experts say.

  Jul 4, 2020
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• Medical journal criticizes Trump administration handling of coronavirus pandemic

  Focusing too much on "magic bullets" such as vaccines, new treatments, or the hope that COVID-19 will evaporate and go away is not the answer, the journal says. 

  Health

  May 15, 2020
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• Chinese government report warns of armed confrontation with U.S. over coronavirus outbreak

  The report, presented to top Beijing leaders including President Xi Jinping, concluded that global anti-China sentiment is at its highest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

  World

  May 4, 2020