Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, January 9 & 10, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Sunday, January 9 & 10, 2021


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canadian foreign minister joins allies in criticizing Hong Kong mass arrests

Canada joins allies in condemning latest Hong Kong arrests by China

Watching the Neighbours 

US paid 'horrible price' for failing to halt Capitol siege, former defence secretary says

When 'hell broke loose': congresswoman describes moments of terror during Capitol riot

How a Toronto researcher is helping to identify those who attacked US Capitol

Scenes from a mob: Who were the rioters who attacked US Capitol, and what was their endgame?

Legal woes lead Trump to act presidential at eleventh-hour

Twitter's self-righteous permanent banning of Trump hypocritical

Trump's antics failed -- democracy prevailed

What Yeltsin's assault on the legislature can teach us about American democracy

Wielding Conan's sword, Schwarzenegger talks Kristallnact, Proud Boys, and Trump being the worst president ever

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Can COVID vaccines be combined? Do they work against variants? Pressing pandemic questions answered

We must be on guard for vaccine horror stories

Ottawa chose not to exercise option to buy 16 million more doses of Moderna vaccine

Ontario reports a record 3,945 new cases of COVID-19, with 1,160 of them in Toronto

Another day, Another record: Ontario reports 3,945 new COVID-19 cases

Canada's coronavirus cases surpass 650K as Quebec imposes new overnight curfew

Globe and Mail

Deloitte to track Canada's COVID-19 vaccination efforts

BC's long road to overcome vaccine hesitancy with health care workers

Péladeau urges Ottawa to reject Air Canada takeover of Air Transat

Dozens of people protesting Quebec curfew fined for violating it on first night

RCMP in Alberta investigate report of man wearing what appeared to be KKK hood

It's absurd to conflate support for Tories with White Nationalism - but Liberals will try

How much has the COVID-19 pandemic damaged the economy?

A moral compass will never guide Air Canada's direction, pandemic or not

Military efforts at home are increasingly the norm. A Joint Task Force Canada is the next logical step

Ottawa weighs listing Proud Boys as terrorist group

The Ford government is harming Ontario's environmental future

What Erin O'Toole is really saying when he says criminals shouldn't get early access to vaccines

CBC
  

Federal government weighs listing Proud Boys as terrorist group

NDP, Green Party leaders attend Toronto rally into long-term care home crisis

Canada's mission in Middle East at crossroads as ISIS decline, new threats emerge

Most new Order of Canada appointees are white men, despite diversity-boosting efforts

Rideau Hall intruder wanted to have Trudeau arrested: RCMP investigation

Toronto Star

        

Curfews? Quarantine hotels? What new measures Ontario could take to stop spike in COVID-19 cases

Why did Ontario COVID-19 rates surge after Christmas? New cellphone mobility data offers some clues

Canada is falling behind in educating the public about COVID-19 vaccines, experts say

Are the Proud Boys terrorists? Ottawa considers listing white-supremacist groups alongside al-Qaida, Islamic State

What were Doug Ford and Jason Kenney thinking?

Ontario expands access to emergency child care as schools remain closed

Toronto Sun

Second wave ignites 'humanitarian crisis' in long-term care homes

Don't stop questioning things

Families rally at St. George LTC home

Here's how curfews violate Charter rights

Let's look at why Alberta is faring better than Ontario and Quebec

Toronto must control spending instead of raising taxes

Canadian expert's research finds lockdown harms 10 times greater than benefits

Ontario's new lockdown measures will be like nothing we've seen before

Lessons learned from the pandemic

National Post

Shock therapy: Curfew to curtail COVID-19 spread might just worsen public mental health, morale

Maclean's

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Global

Gang conflict heats up as Metro Vancouver sees 3 slayings in 4 days

Group takes BC government to court over COVID-19 ban on in-person church services

BC Mayor blasts 'racist rhetoric' directed at First Nation amid COVID-19 outbreak

Feds considering designating Proud Boys a terrorist organization after Capitol protests

Kelowna church says it will continue to defy health order, fight fines in court

First COVID-19 cases detected on Musqueam reserve

Miscellaneous

Right Wing website True North loses 1,000 follows and Leo Knight down by 300 after Trump bounced off Twitter

Prezoned by City of Vancouver for higher density, lots near Joyce Station selling four times assessed values

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Proud Boys could be added to list of terrorist organizations

Kelowna RCMP issues its second $2,300 fine to an anti mask protest organizer