COVID-19 vaccines delayed again: Moderna to send fewer vaccine doses while Pfizer issues continue Questions around delays in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries remain outstanding, with reductions in both Modern and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses coming throughout February. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada and head of the country’s vaccine distribution efforts, confirmed that 180,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Canada Thursday morning. … Read More
Temporary Pfizer vaccine delays are ‘largely behind us,’ procurement minister says CBC News published this video item, entitled “Temporary Pfizer delays are ‘behind us,’ procurement minister says” – below is their description. Federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canadians can soon expect the country’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign to pick up steam after Canada’s vaccine rollout was temporarily beset by delivery delays and reduced shipments of doses. “The temporary delays that we … Read More
Pfizer Vaccine Delivery would be late Yesterday, January 20, 2021, Procurement Minister Anita Anand told the press that the vaccine delivery would be late. This morning the Prime Minister called Pfizer and tweeted, “Today, I spoke with the CEO of Pfizer Global, Dr. Bourla, about the timely delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada. He assured me that we’ll receive 4 million doses by the end of … Read More
Canada’s 1st ‘presumptive’ case of coronavirus found in Toronto Canada on Saturday declared the first “presumptive” confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus in a resident who had returned from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the viral disease. Ontario health officials told a news conference the patient is a male in his 50s, who arrived in Toronto on Jan. 22 and was hospitalized … Read More
‘A race against time’: Toronto family tries to raise $3M to treat son’s rare genetic disorder It’s a desperate race against time and a race toward hope. Terry and Georgia Pirovolakis are trying to save their son’s life, trying to find a cure that doesn’t exist. They’re determined to raise at least $3 million to fund an experimental trial in the U.S. Michael is 18 months old and his doctors say he is the only child … Read More
After breast cancer and failed reconstruction, this mom found beauty by going flat Joanna Rankin says implant ordeal was the worst part of her cancer journey. This radio documentary, which you can listen to above, was produced by Alexandra Zabjek as part of CBC’s The Doc Project. Zabjek is a journalist based out of Edmonton and is a long-time friend of Joanna Rankin, who is profiled in this piece. Joanna Rankin was 32 years … Read More
Supreme Court to rule on whether B.C. has to give health data to cigarette maker The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on whether British Columbia has to hand millions of patients’ health information over to tobacco giant Philip Morris International. It’s the newest chapter in the province’s legal fight to force cigarette makers like Philip Morris to compensate the province for the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses — a battle that started way back in the … Read More
Blood test offers hope of finding cancers before symptoms develop Promising new research enables scientists to use a blood test to screen for different types of cancers at early stages. The test, known as a liquid biopsy, is used to screen for DNA from cancer cells and was able to detect 10 different cancers with good accuracy. Dr. Eric Klein from the Taussig Cancer Institute at Cleveland Clinic in the … Read More
Toronto council backs 50 per cent property tax reduction for culture hubs City council has voted to reduce property taxes by 50 per cent for some culture hubs and creative spaces. With these spaces facing significant increases in property assessments in recent years, much like businesses on Yonge St, Councillor Joe Cressy (Trinity-Spadina) led the effort to establish a new tax subclass to make operating in Toronto more affordable. “The high property … Read More
Besieged Houston braces for more flooding as Harvey lingers The historic flooding that Tropical Storm Harvey unleashed on Houston will likely worsen as federal engineers release water from overflowing reservoirs to keep it from jumping dams and surging uncontrollably into the homes they protect, officials said on Monday. Some 30,000 residents of the nation’s fourth-largest city were expected to be left temporarily homeless by Harvey, which became the most … Read More
