Canada shouldn’t risk a new Cold War with China by continuing to detain Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou says Ken Stone, treasurer of Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Thursday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
A coalition of disability rights groups is calling on Doug Ford’s government to make public the directions they plan to give hospitals about how to decide who should be prioritized for life-saving treatment if intensive care units become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Two weeks after York Region managed to avoid being locked down like its neighbouring municipalities, COVID-19 cases continue to climb with local hospitals above or nearing capacity and some areas seeing startling numbers of people testing positive. But the region has yet to sound the alarm.
At least a handful of religious leaders across Western Canada are pushing back against provincial lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions, saying the spiritual and communal needs of churchgoers are being given short shrift.