The advice from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization affects more than two million Canadians who received the AstraZeneca vaccine before provinces stopped using it for first doses last month.
The guidance is not binding but most provincial governments have indicated they were waiting for the information before setting their policies for second doses.
Parents struggling to find child care, lingering health concerns, or generous income supports are some reasons why some workers are in no rush to accept job offers, analysts say.
Now that Canada is starting to reopen, can it expect the same?
As it stands, Canada has a shorter path to recovery, in part thanks to its wage-subsidy program. It's recouped 83% of its pandemic job losses, next to the U.S.'s 63%, keeping employees "a little more engaged" with their employers, an economist said.
Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau said bonuses Air Canada paid to executives while the company was negotiating a government bailout are “completely unacceptable.”
“I completely understand the incomprehension and even anger of many Canadians regarding this news from Air Canada,” Trudeau said in French during Question Period on Wednesday.
Trudeau’s comments followed a report from @davidmilstead that Air Canada paid $10-million in “COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation Bonuses” to executives and managers earlier this year, while it was negotiating a bailout.
Ontario’s latest #COVID19 epidemiological report has some experts saying the province should be prepared for the rise of a more tenacious version of the coronavirus, even as more people are vaccinated.
The report shows a dip in prevalence of known variants of concern, but a possible suggestion is that they’re being outcompeted by a more transmissible variant that tests haven’t directly identified.
Ontario’s two million public school students will learn remotely for the last four weeks of the academic year as the government looks to keep its reopening plans for the summer on track, rather than have children return to the classroom.
Educators and medical experts are increasingly worried about the mental health and well-being of children, not to mention the learning gaps that are associated with school closures.
In an at-times scathing report tabled in the House of Commons Tuesday, Morris Fish says his review confirmed that the nature, extent and human cost of sexual misconduct in the military remains as rampant as in 2015
In 2015, retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps released her own report that revealed a highly sexualized culture within the military that was hostile to women and victims of inappropriate and criminal sexual behaviour
From 72 hour book quarantines to constant sanitation measures, experts are saying it’s time to move past “hygiene theatre” – cleaning behaviours that give people a sense of security, but are actually unlikely to reduce COVID-19 transmission.
Research has repeatedly shown that the risk of surface transmission is relatively low and can be addressed through conventional cleaning, the scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table said.
The environmental impact of disposable wipes, the cost of disinfecting supplies, and the burden on restaurant and retail employees are further reasons to start being pragmatic about hygiene practices