Ottawa Observations: Monday, February 8, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Monday, February 8, 2021

Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada's visa application centre in Beijing run by Chinese police

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Why many long-term care workers initially passed on the COVID-29 vaccine

Health agency lists criteria for quarantine hotels as Ottawa inches toward new travel rule

Mass COVID-19 vaccinations to begin in BC in March, health officials say

Here's why Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Canada have been delayed

It's expected to be Canada's next COVID-19 vaccine. Are AstraZeneca's recent hurdles cause for concern?

Biden won't give Trudeau vaccines any faster than Trump did

BC's COVID-19 case count tops 70K with 1,236 new cases, 13 deaths reported over three days

BC Seniors over 80 to receive COVID-19 vaccine info in coming days, province says

Dr. Bonnie Henry on variant case increases, seven healthcare outbreaks over

Globe and Mail

Alberta reinstates 1976 coal policy in wake of public backlash and legal challenge

Bank of Nova Scotia vacating top floors of Toronto's Scotia Plaza skyscraper

Developing countries won't forget Canada's 'me-first' approach to vaccines

Will Doug Ford's reopening plan be a booster shot for the pandemic?

Alberta pastor charged after Sunday church services violated COVID-19 rules

A residential school survivor brings her powerful poetry to Parliament

New proposed assisted-dying law is 'racist,' says disability rights activist 

Federal government begins consultations on strategy for sustainable development of ocean economy

As Ottawa audits landlords over rent aid, businesses fall through cracks of new program

Playstation politics: How 2020 - and a Canadian company - ushered in the era of campaign gaming

CBC
  

Canada and allies discuss joint response to Russia's imprisonment of Kremlin critic Navalny

Helmut Oberländer, ex Nazi interpreter, had deportation hearing postponed

Ottawa lays out criteria for quarantine hotels as it inches toward new travel rule

Trans Mountain expansion resumes after long shutdown

Canada's top civil servant to take time off for cancer treatment

Lots on the line in Alberta as parties, and possibly the country, choose new leaders

Toronto Star

   

Ontario is building a web portal for mass COVID vaccination. Can we avoid the pitfalls plaguing US systems?   

Ontario will slowly open the door to some non-essential retail in the coming weeks - but many businesses are frustrated at being left out

'We will take appropriate enforcement action' officials say about businesses that plan to reopen despite lockdown rules

Even 'when things were good' families were raising red flags. Inside four years' worth of violations at Tendercare long-term-care home

'If you're quiet, you're complacent': Ottawa urged to aid Rohingya in wake of coup in Myanmar

Missing $11M un COVID-19 relief aid went unnoticed for months, court documents show

'They abused their authority': Nurse says COVID-19 vaccines given to friends of nursing home management

Anti-Alberta Inquiry should be shut down before it embarrasses us any further

Ontario's reopening plan is a roll of the dice to juice the economy, But at what cost?

Don't throw away hard-won gains against COVID-19

Toronto Sun

Ford reveals reopening plan as Ontario reports 1,265 new COVID cases

Ford needs to lead and be steady to reopen Ontario

Prepare for long road to reopening: Tory

Barber vows to open, sick of taking haircut

Nurse complained of Vaughn LTC home allowing non-front line workers to get COVID-18 vaccine: Union

Trudeau's 'Fatal Mistake'? Are the PM's days numbered over vaccine fail?

Ontario fear mongered  we'd face 20,000 cases -- we're at 1,200

Charter rights still matter

National Post

Ontario announces the most timid reopening plan in Canada

RCMP charge Alberta pastor after Sunday church services violate COVID-19 rules

Mandatory hotel quarantine violates citizens' mobility rights: civil liberties group

Ontario, Alberta, Quebec begin gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions as case counts decline

Canada's terrible vaccine rollout is putting the economy at risk and we should be outraged

Top Federal bureaucrat says he will take time off for treatment after cancer diagnosis

Ineligible self-employed Canadians who received CERB due to 'unclear' information won't be forced to repay

Most COVID-19 aid program recipients will have one year to pay 2020 tax debts: sources

Where are Ontario's internationally trained doctors in its COVID-19 response?

Hotels and Isolation sites: How Canaans is trying to stop people from importing COVID-19

Hurting Indigenous academics with good intentions

Maclean's

Can two people who've been vaccinated hug each other?

Global

Arctic air and extreme cold warnings in place for parts of BC as winter blasts province

Many BC institutions have racial bias, chief coroner tells committee on police reform

BC Ombudsperson supports updating long-term care visit policy

A Canadian first: BC registered nurses to begin prescribing drugs to treat opioid use

BC government pausing controversial Rose Swanson logging project

Work on Trans Mountain pipeline resumes after safety review

Rent dispute continues between the Bay, Penticton's Cherry Lane Shopping Centre

Kelowna Chiefs disappointed after junior hockey leagues cancels regular season, playoffs

BC man sees concrete action on lobbying efforts to install highway median barriers near Summerland

Canadian senators to vote on assisted dying bill February 17 as deadline looms

Some Greens worry internal conflict will hobble new leader Annamie Paul in the next election

BC Ombudsperson supports updating long term care visit policy

Miscellaneous

Journalists stage protest in downtown Vancouver against media clampdown in India

Unauthorized insurance for Vancouver strata corporation leads to $25,000 fie against HUB brokerage

Earthquake shakes Alaska Panhandle near northwestern BC and Yukon

Critics skeptical as Alberta Reverses course on Open-pit Coal Mines

The VSB's Review of Armed Police in Schools has not gone smoothly

To soothe vaccine hesitancy, Tap into the expertise of Nurses

'This can really save someone's life'