Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has written to top U.S. senators threatening to suspend parts of the USMCA trade agreement and impose tariffs on American goods unless U.S. officials back away from a proposed tax credit for American-built electric vehicles.Canada threatens U.S. with tariffs over EV tax credit disputeIn a letter to top U.S. senators,…
New modelling released today by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) suggests the number of COVID-19 cases could increase sharply in the coming weeks as the country grapples with another wave of delta infections and the highly transmissible omicron variant.Medical student Morgyn McKerlie gives Amanda Omamalin, 6, her vaccine during a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic…
She grew up playing with her dolls’ hair, but now Lohifa Pogoson-Acker is designing the hair of some high-profile cats — the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who will play against Winnipeg Blue Bombers in this weekend’s Grey Cup.Lohifa Pogoson-Acker is a speciality hairstylist in Hamilton whose clientele includes some of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. (Bobby Hristova/CBC)She grew up playing…
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information details the widespread impact of the pandemic on health care in Alberta and across Canada between March 2020 and June 2021.Thousands of surgeries were cancelled in Alberta each month as the pandemic forced hospitals to redirect resources to COVID-19 patients, a newly-released data shows. (MAD.vertise/Shutterstock)Alberta hospitals…
Canada’s women’s junior field hockey team is scheduled to arrive home on Thursday after being stranded in South Africa due to restrictions surrounding the omicron coronavirus variant.The Canadian women’s junior field hockey team were in South Africa for the Women’s Junior World Cup South Africa 2021, initially planned in Potchefstroom from December 5 to 16.…
Have you been wondering when you might be eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot? Which one should you get? Are they effective against the omicron variant? We asked the experts.Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines are the only two currently authorized for booster use in Canada. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)This story idea came from audience members,…
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs assembly voted to adopt a resolution to create a two-spirit council, and leaders hope it will create space for more inclusive governance at all levels.Khelsilem, the chairperson of the Squamish Nation Council, put forward the motion create a new council to the Assembly of First Nations special chiefs assembly on Tuesday. (K.…
On Wednesday, the Alberta government announced it will immediately begin fully funding Sublocade.Mike Ellis, Alberta’s associate minister of mental health and addictions, holds up a box of Sublocade. The injectable drug will now be fully funded by the province for people diagnosed with addictions to opioids. (Pool feed)An injectable drug that one doctor thinks will…
Successive premiers have promised to expand the list of cancers that are deemed a workplace injury for firefighters in Nova Scotia, but those changes still haven’t been made. Some firefighters want to know why.Halifax firefighter Billy Marr, who has cancer, is shown in his Dartmouth, N.S., home. (Steve Lawrence/CBC)Billy Marr is heading back to hospital…
Canadian scientists are racing to understand more about the threat of the omicron variant — how fast it spreads, whether it causes more or less severe illness, and if it can escape previous immunity to COVID-19.The capacity to analyze omicron and quickly share information about it both in Canada and globally has grown dramatically over…