Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAU.S. President has accused Twitter of interfering in the 2020 Presidential election after the social media company placed a fact-check label on his tweet earlier Tuesday.Trump, who made the accusation over a new round of tweets, said that the company was “completely stifling FREE SPEECH” and that he would not allow it under his presidency.….Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Story continues below advertisement“@Twitter is now interfering...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAU.S. President has accused Twitter of interfering in the 2020 Presidential election after the social media company placed a fact-check label on his tweet earlier Tuesday.Trump, who made the accusation over a new round of tweets, said that the company was “completely stifling FREE SPEECH” and that he would not allow it under his presidency.….Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH, and I, as President, will not allow it to happen!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Story continues below advertisement“@Twitter is now interfering...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAPrime Minister says the first Canadian clinical trials of a potential vaccine have b​​een approved by Health Canada, and will be conducted out of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University.Speaking from Rideau Cottage on Saturday, he said the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will be working with the drug’s manufacturers in order to produce and distribute the vaccine “here at home” — if the trials are successful.“Research and development take time and must be done right,” he said. “But this is...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAPrime Minister says the first Canadian clinical trials of a potential vaccine have b​​een approved by Health Canada, and will be conducted out of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University.Speaking from Rideau Cottage on Saturday, he said the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) will be working with the drug’s manufacturers in order to produce and distribute the vaccine “here at home” — if the trials are successful.“Research and development take time and must be done right,” he said. “But this is...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAANearly half of all -related deaths in Canada happen in long-term care homes, and the number is only expected to increase, chief public health officer Theresa Tam said Monday.The ratio fluctuates from province to province, but care homes are implicated in about half of 760 deaths across the country.“We know that close to half of the deaths that we’re tracking are linked to long-term care facilities, but that ratio is actually different in different provinces,” Tam told reporters during her daily ministerial update on the...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAANearly half of all -related deaths in Canada happen in long-term care homes, and the number is only expected to increase, chief public health officer Theresa Tam said Monday.The ratio fluctuates from province to province, but care homes are implicated in about half of 760 deaths across the country.“We know that close to half of the deaths that we’re tracking are linked to long-term care facilities, but that ratio is actually different in different provinces,” Tam told reporters during her daily ministerial update on the...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAA, the former police officer, has been found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of , a Black man who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest on May 25, 2020.The verdict comes on just the second day of jury deliberations.The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multi-racial began deliberating on Monday shortly after the prosecutorial and defence teams finished delivering their closing arguments.Chauvin, 45, pleaded not-guilty...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAA, the former police officer, has been found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of , a Black man who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during an arrest on May 25, 2020.The verdict comes on just the second day of jury deliberations.The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multi-racial began deliberating on Monday shortly after the prosecutorial and defence teams finished delivering their closing arguments.Chauvin, 45, pleaded not-guilty...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAACanada’s public health agency says it’s monitoring of two variants — first thought to have originated in the U.K. and California — combining to make one heavily-mutated hybrid.“We are aware of the reports coming out of California about the combination of two variants of the coronavirus and are closely monitoring the situation and other genetic variants of the virus that causes COVID-19,” the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in an emailed statement to Global News.“We are working with international partners, including the...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAACanada’s public health agency says it’s monitoring of two variants — first thought to have originated in the U.K. and California — combining to make one heavily-mutated hybrid.“We are aware of the reports coming out of California about the combination of two variants of the coronavirus and are closely monitoring the situation and other genetic variants of the virus that causes COVID-19,” the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in an emailed statement to Global News.“We are working with international partners, including the...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAFormer U.S. President took aim at during his address at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday evening, saying Trump hasn’t grown into the job of president, because “he can’t.”“And the consequences of that failure are severe,” he said. “170,000 Americans dead, millions of jobs gone.”“Our worst impulses unleashed.”Obama said having Democratic nominee at his side as vice-president made him “a better president,” calling him both a “friend” and a “brother.”“For eight years Joe was the last one in the room whenever I faced a big...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAFormer U.S. President took aim at during his address at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday evening, saying Trump hasn’t grown into the job of president, because “he can’t.”“And the consequences of that failure are severe,” he said. “170,000 Americans dead, millions of jobs gone.”“Our worst impulses unleashed.”Obama said having Democratic nominee at his side as vice-president made him “a better president,” calling him both a “friend” and a “brother.”“For eight years Joe was the last one in the room whenever I faced a big...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe majority of Canadians are not confident the federal government will meet its vaccine target of having most of the population inoculated by the end of September, according to a newly released poll.The poll, conducted exclusively for Global News found that out of 1,000 Canadians surveyed, 48 per cent said they were confident about the Liberals’ vaccine promises while 52 per cent disagreed. Respondents who fell under the Gen X demographic (between 41 and 56 years old) were the least likely to feel confident about Liberals’...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe majority of Canadians are not confident the federal government will meet its vaccine target of having most of the population inoculated by the end of September, according to a newly released poll.The poll, conducted exclusively for Global News found that out of 1,000 Canadians surveyed, 48 per cent said they were confident about the Liberals’ vaccine promises while 52 per cent disagreed. Respondents who fell under the Gen X demographic (between 41 and 56 years old) were the least likely to feel confident about Liberals’...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe novel vaccine should still work against a highly infectious new variant of the virus spreading quickly in the . That’s “good news,” the said on Monday.Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead for COVID-19, said the mutated variant may be more transmissible, but there is no evidence it would increase the “severity associated with this disease.”“The U.K. has informed us that they don’t believe that there’s an impact on the vaccine. So that’s good news,” she said.Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, said multiple variants...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe novel vaccine should still work against a highly infectious new variant of the virus spreading quickly in the . That’s “good news,” the said on Monday.Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead for COVID-19, said the mutated variant may be more transmissible, but there is no evidence it would increase the “severity associated with this disease.”“The U.K. has informed us that they don’t believe that there’s an impact on the vaccine. So that’s good news,” she said.Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, said multiple variants...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe will remain closed until Jan. 21 of next year in an effort to curb rising cases of the novel , the Canada Border Services Agency reiterated Friday.“The #CBSA would like to remind travellers that discretionary (non-essential) travel restrictions between [the U.S.] and [Canada] have been extended to January 21, 2021,” they said in a tweet.On their , the CBSA says this includes travel for vacations, day trips and other “entertainment” purposes. Story continues below advertisementPrime Minister made the announcement during a press...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe will remain closed until Jan. 21 of next year in an effort to curb rising cases of the novel , the Canada Border Services Agency reiterated Friday.“The #CBSA would like to remind travellers that discretionary (non-essential) travel restrictions between [the U.S.] and [Canada] have been extended to January 21, 2021,” they said in a tweet.On their , the CBSA says this includes travel for vacations, day trips and other “entertainment” purposes. Story continues below advertisementPrime Minister made the announcement during a press...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe said it is investigating a outbreak involving red onions imported from the that have affected 506 people so far and killed one.A this week said 49 more people had fallen ill since Aug. 31, but people began reporting getting sick in mid-June. Seventy-one people have been hospitalized due to the outbreak so far.So far, PHAC said its investigation found 116 illnesses in British Columbia, 292 in Alberta, 34 in Saskatchewan, 25 in Manitoba, 14 in Ontario, 24 in Quebec and one in Prince Edward Island.Officials said there was “no...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAThe said it is investigating a outbreak involving red onions imported from the that have affected 506 people so far and killed one.A this week said 49 more people had fallen ill since Aug. 31, but people began reporting getting sick in mid-June. Seventy-one people have been hospitalized due to the outbreak so far.So far, PHAC said its investigation found 116 illnesses in British Columbia, 292 in Alberta, 34 in Saskatchewan, 25 in Manitoba, 14 in Ontario, 24 in Quebec and one in Prince Edward Island.Officials said there was “no...WW…