Ottawa Observations: Monday, December 28, 2020

 

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Monday, December 29, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

China jails citizen-journalist for 4 years over Wuhan virus reporting

Chinese citizen-journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for her reporting on outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ontario changes COVID-19 vaccination plans after slowing rollout

COVID-19 didn't take a holiday, and the vaccine rollout should not have been allowed to either

Mandatory masks, shuttered theatres and confusing rules: The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and its similarities with today

Alberta reports first case of new COVID-19 variant in person who returned from UK

First doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Yukon, NWT

Alberta death toll from COVID-19 pandemic tops 1,000

Smug won't kill COVID

'This is a deadly disease': More than 15,000 dead due to COVID-19

Containing COVID-19 in Canada will be in spite of big government not because of it

Ontario under fire after COVID-19 vaccine program slowed down over holidays

COVID-19 outbreaks declared at 2 private seniors' residences in Metro Vancouver

BC Nurses' Union calls COVID-19 variant first identified in UK 'concerning'

Alberta confirms Canada's fifth case of UK COVID-19

Globe and Mail

Saudi court sentences women's-rights activist and UBC graduate to nearly six years in prison

Three key issues facing Justin Trudeau's government in 2021

Northern Ontario's First Nation vaccine rollout effort is a ray of hope in a desperate hour

Federal cabinet will rule on Air Canada and Air Transit merger in January

National daycare system will need influx of federal funds to lower fees, expand spaces: Hussen

Is it time for Ottawa to rethink the RCMP?

The best available science supports allowing family and caregivers into hospitals, not restricting them

CBC
  

Saudi women's rights activist Loujain Alhathloul sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison: state-linked media

Decades after abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage, these men await justice at Canada's top court

Toronto Star

              

Holiday pause on COVID-19 vaccinations draws outrage as head of Toronto's largest hospital network blames limited supply and staff burnout

'Everybody in the middle is getting squeezed out and it's painful': Toronto's lack of affordable housing hits those in higher income brackets, say experts

What's at stake for the main political parties as an election looms in 2021

Toronto Sun

UN abandoned the fight for human rights in 2020

UK COVID strain show our border is still an issue

Hillier and Ford need to get vaccines moving faster

28 COVID-infected international flights landed in Toronto since December 13

Trudeau's undermining of democratic traditions advances a socialist agenda

Trudeau's gift of higher heating bills and gas prices

National Post

There is no case against testing international travellers for COVID-19, except that Doug Ford supports it

Dividends still went out even after soldiers marched in to long-term care homes

UBC graduate and Saudi women's rights activist sentenced to prison

Priest blasts Alberta's UCP for quoting the Bible in Christmas tweet

Police lay charges after Ontario church allegedly holds gatherings with 100 unmasked people

Maclean's

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Global

Junior sports teams in BC can practice together following changes to health order

UBC grad sentenced to 6 years in Saudi prison for defying ban on women driving

Who is Logan al-Hathloul? UBC grad, women's rights activist jailed in Saudi Arabia

Kelowna contractor ordered to pay $90K in unpaid wages to temporary foreign workers

Former inmate denied kosher meals at Okanagan jail loses human rights complaint

Vaccines, economy shape potential platforms ahead of possible 2021 election

Miscellaneous

BC to build Canada's first tsunami evacuation tower on Haida Gwaii to protect students

History of British Columbia's Black pioneers spotlighted in online exhibition

Three Supreme Court of Canada rulings in 2020 that defined limits on state power and individual rights

UBC alumna Loujain al-Hathloul and fellow human-rights defender Mia al-Zahrani convicted in Saudi terrorism court

Horgan on COVID-19 Recovery, Old Growth, Site C and Reconciliation

Hope for the Best from Canada's UNDRIP law. But expect more of the same