Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, April 24 & 25, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Sunday,  April 24-25, 2021

 

Canadians held in China / China tensions                         

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

As India struggles with vast COVID-19 outbreaks, grassroots efforts emerge

Ontario doctors prepare for worst-case COVID-19 triage decisions

Toronto, Peel to name more companies closed because of COVID-19 outbreaks

Emily Victoria Viegas, 13, is one of the youngest people in Canada to die from COVID-19

Our pandemic progress is slow but real

No reason to fear doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine provided by US, Trudeau says

She got vaccinated. Then she got COVID-19. Why rare 'breakthrough' infections mean the pandemic isn't over until we're all protected

Despite Canada's struggles in COVID-19 fight, hope on the horizon with shift in vaccination strategy, some experts say

Ontario reports just under 4,000 new COVID cases, 24 deaths

COVID-19 cases spike in Nova Scotia, while other hot spots show signs of improvement

Israel finds heart inflammation in people who received Pfizer COVID-19 shot

No vaccine side effects won't signal the strength of your immunity

'Jabapalooza': Ottawa doctor vaccinates so many people, the recovery room's in the street

Dwindling AstraZeneca supply sends BC women on vaccine road trip

'A massive sigh of relief': Prince Rupert closer to post-COVID life after mass immunization

'It's over': India COVID-19 patients suffocate as cases surge during oxygen shortage

Canada surpasses 12 million COVID-19 vaccine jabs as rollout picks up speed

'Dawn is coming' for Canada amid worst public health crisis in a century: WHO adviser

Globe and Mail

Canadians avoiding hotel quarantines for air travellers fuel taxi boom on US border

Ban on flights from India leaves families scrambling

As Bank of Canada turns hawkish investors retool for higher rates outlook

Where did the Gardiner Expressway go? Once a barrier, now exciting things are happening underneath

Canadian Labour Congress president Hassan Yussuff set to retire after years of government deal-making

The strange public and political media strategy of Doug Ford

Nurses are an essential resource. When they burn out, patients suffer

CBC

Ottawa 'constantly' looking at further COVID-19 border measures, Freeland says

Federal government set to intervene as Port of Montreal heads toward another strike

Child care won't be a 'magic bullet' that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland

The federal budget took steps toward racial justice - but activists say more must be done

Canada's not trailing the world on climate action, environment minister insists

Cancelling internships during pandemic hurts businesses as much as students

Toronto Star

 

'Devastating effects': Student learning gaps due to fallout of COVID-19 must be addressed, paediatricians say

Peel is facing a COVID-19 crisis. Ontario needs to prioritize health over economy now to save lives

Bernier, Hillier ticketed at Peterborough anti-lockdown rally

The Ford government has never put our health above profit, Why did we think they would start now?

Quebec wins court fight to ban religious symbols. What could be next?

Chrystia Freeland's personal story shaped Canada's first feminist budget

Abused political advisers are no longer staying silent, flipping the usual power dynamic

Toronto Sun

If Pearson was treated like Amazon, it would be closed

City closes down businesses hit by COVID: Councillor

Frenchman donates Canadian military bike to Juno Beach Centre

Real Estate Bubble Ready to Burst?

Costly Government Child Care ins't a winning solution

Ford correct to say Trudeau's border measures don't go far enough

Roping off aisles at big box stores isn't evening playing field, it's just insulting

Trudeau's carbon tax, global emissions keep rising

No, Minister Hajdu, the Vitamin D conversation isn't 'fake news'

Tone down the pandemic politics

National Post

Canadians avoiding hotel quarantines for air travellers fuel taxi boom on US border

Aboriginal American argues he has a right to hunt in Canada - and Supreme Court agrees

Ottawa's tax on foreign owned property falls flat while BC house prices soar

Chrystia Freeland says allegations against former top soldier Jonathan Vance 'deeply deeply troubling'

What did Trudeau's top aide Katie Telford know about General Vance, Conservatives ask

Pandemic messaging shows governments don't trust the government

Chrystia Freeland's shortsighted, selfish budget

Erin O'Toole's tacit support for COVId policy has been a grievous mistake

Maclean's

The Liberals are winning over older- normally Conservative voters 

Global

'It has to stop': Outrage over graffiti equating Dr. Bonnie Henry to Auschwitz 'angel of death'

Holidaymakers juggle disappointment, understanding as BC travel restrictions kick in

Shuswap MLA concerned paid staff are replacing vaccine volunteers

Southern Interior fire departments train together on wildfire response

Okanagan Falls considers becoming a municipality

Home ownership dreams dashed for many young Canadians as house prices soar

BC couple concerned vacation rental's refund policies create pressure to travel

West Vancouver mayor quits country club over reported 'exclusive pop-up ' vaccine clinic

Canada's military facing challenges like pilot training, part shortages amid COVID-19

Freeland apologizes to women harassed in military, says she never knew of Vance allegation

Miscellaneous            

 

An ER doctor explains why the federal budget blew a shot at avoiding a post pandemic crisis in Seniors Care

Policing travel between regions is nowhere near as easy as it might appear to be

Canada's laughing-stock universities cave in twice to community gatekeeper by cancelling Indian Journalist's talk

Extinction Rebellion throws down the gauntlet to CBC News in British Columbia