Ottawa Observations: Thursday, January 7, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, January 7, 2021


Canadians held in China / China tensions

US envoy to United Nations to visit Taiwan; China says playing with fire

Watching the Neighbours 

The American narrative has been irreparably fractured

An attempted insurrection offers one final humiliation to Trump's enablers

Trump must be stopped now or anarchy will prevail 

The United States has seen it all. So why not an authoritarian president?

A mob failed to stop Congress from declaring Biden's win. Some warn they'll be back

Police response to storming of US Capitol should not surprise anyone

US democracy will survive

America's terrorist movements must be crushed

How easily the Capitol Hill Police were overrun by a mob of Trump supporters

Siege of the US Capitol is an ominous sign of things to come

Chaos in Washington highlights the dark side of populism

The attack on the Capitol and how to protect 'the home of the people'

Accept it, this is America now

Storming of capital an 'attack on democracy': Parliament Hill shooting hero

Trump proves the Harm Psychopaths can do. How to Protect ourselves

Canada's Pandemic Travelling politicians

At least two senators left country amid COVID-19 pandemic, five not saying

Shaming politicians on vacation: Canada's newest spectator sport

UBC president Santa Ono says he flew to Baltimore in December to visit his sick mother

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta, BC extend pandemic restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise

New COVID-19 variants prompt surveillance of Ontario hot spots

Premiers push Prime Minister for more COVID-19 vaccines

Canadians denied from boarding flights in Cuba, Mexico under new COVID-19 testing rules

Enough with the vaccine blame game, Canadians want results

Canada's overwhelmed contact-tracing efforts have been gross failure 

Will one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine be enough?

Snowbirds get vaccine in Florida as 'chaotic' rollout continues

'We are in worse shape now than ever before': Toronto records 2,000th COVID-19 death, with the peak nowhere in sight

Some hospitals in Toronto area have to transfer paediatric in-patients to Sick Kids to make room for adults with COVID-19

BC COVID-19 social gathering restrictions to be extended until February 5 2021

BC reports 761 new cases of COVID-19, highest one-day total since December 13

Number of positive test results jumps 46 percent in BC today compared to yesterday

BC gets 761 new COVID-19 infections - the highest daily count since November

Focus of vaccinations will remain on seniors, care workers for 'next week or two'

Globe and Mail

Schools in southern Ontario to remain closed for in person learning until January 25

Senior bureaucrat overseeing border and travel health accepted Air Canada junket to Jamaica

Civil liberty fears mount over Quebec's province-wide COVID-19 curfew 

Yukon aims to vaccinate 75 per cent of adult population by end of March

Family demands better oversight of BC Care homes after outbreak kills 41 residents

Quebec runs out of ideas and resorts to a curfew

CBC
  

Premiers give Trudeau a friendly push to increase vaccine supply

One year after the destruction of Flight PS752, Canada is pursuing the facts on its own, says Goodale

Airline vacation ads face scrutiny as politicians named and shamed for their pandemic trips

Public Health Agency president says employee's trip to Jamaica was 'uncacceptable'

Goodale rejects Iran's offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane

Toronto Star

        

After the deadliest day of he pandemic, Ontarians urged to ;get serious now'

'Everyone was talking to everyone': Ottawa sources describe and anxious day as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol

Now is the time to open Ontario's schools 

Toronto Sun

Tendercare nursing home deal toll rises to 73

Almost half of record-high COVID deaths occurred in nursing homes

Province makes right decision in keeping southern Ontario Schools closed

PHAC manager, social media influencer taking heat for free Jamaican holiday

Air Canada under fire for hiring influencers to promote travel vaccinations

Officers' conduct in arrest of man under lockdown rules should be investigated

Doug Ford is failing our kids - parents need to take a stand 

National Post

No reason to trust Quebec's new curfew will work, or end any time soon

The shocking truth about this virus is that Canadians aren't being shocked enough

After a dismal start, Ontario's vaccine rollout looks ... even more dismal

Maclean's

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Global

Police brace for possible retribution after high-profile BC gangster killed

NDP calls for right-wing group Proud Boys to be banned, labelled as terrorists

UBC student's project translates COVID-19 information to world's Indigenous languages

BC Supreme Court gives OK to class-action lawsuit against WestJet over baggage fee

Suspect in Creston BC double homicide four dead: RCMP

After criticism, BC to provide more information about COVID-19 cases at care homes

Miscellaneous

Metro Vancouver looks to build child care facilities in housing projects even without provincial funding

List of 500 most expensive homes in BC showcases multi million dollar properties

How a Basic Income Plan Could Save Lives in a Pandemic

Surrey Police Service adds another RCMP member to its top brass