OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has signed agreements with two more American suppliers to reserve millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines for Canadians. Deals are now in place for Canada to get access to vaccines being tested by both Johnson & Johnson and Novavax. Earlier this month Ottawa […]
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They blighted Indigenous lives for more than a century. Now their creation is being formally recognized as one of the events that helped shape today’s Canada. The federal government has put residential schools on the official roster of National Historic Events. Two of the schools, one in Nova Scotia and one in Manitoba, have been […]
This story is part of Learning Curve, a HuffPost Canada series that explores the challenges and opportunities for students, faculty and post-secondary institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Tamunoibifiri Fombo finished her first year at Ryerson University’s RTA School of Media in Toronto this spring, but won’t be returning in September. The high tuition costs […]
TORONTO — In the heat of the summer, Charles Khabouth is already thinking about the chill ahead. The entertainment kingpin behind dozens of clubs, restaurants, entertainment venues and music festivals got many of his businesses back in operation in the spring following the onset of COVID-19, but he believes convincing people to continue to venture […]
OTTAWA — Health Canada has reversed course on home test kits for COVID-19, saying it will now review applications for such devices. In June, the department indicated it would not review such applications. But Cole Davidson, a spokesman for Health Minister Patty Hajdu, says that was meant to apply to test kits for diagnosing cases […]
This year, Halloween will be like no All Hallows’ Eve ever before. The idea of clusters of dozens of shouting, laughing and, um, breathing children moving from house to house looking for candy is very high on the “things we shouldn’t be doing during the pandemic” list. Same goes for tightly packed parties in bars. […]
The Privy Council Office (PCO) has hired a private firm to investigate workplace harassment allegations in the office of Gov. Gen. Julie Payette that came to light in media reports this summer. The PCO, a bureaucratic operation that supports the prime minister and cabinet,announced the move Tuesday, weeks after it promised a “thorough, independent, and impartial […]
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Aquarium is closing to the public, putting its programming on pause while it attempts to recover from the financial devastation of COVID-19. Ocean Wise, the non-profit organization that operates the aquarium, says in a news release the decision was made in response to one of the most financially challenging times in […]
Jean Queen Donna Ida Thornton has teamed up with designer and fashion writer Fran Bacon, who is also best known as blogger The Fashion Lift, on a three-piece collaboration that launches on September 2. The collection, follows an Instagram Live the two did together, and includes Fran The Patch Pocket Cropped Jean in a mid […]