close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—Provinces have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under age 55 after a federal advisory committee recommended against injecting it into younger adults due to reports of “rare” blood clotting events, especially in women in Europe.After P.E.I., Manitoba and Quebec announced they would pause AstraZeneca vaccinations except for older...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—Provinces have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under age 55 after a federal advisory committee recommended against injecting it into younger adults due to reports of “rare” blood clotting events, especially in women in Europe.After P.E.I., Manitoba and Quebec announced they would pause AstraZeneca vaccinations except for older...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to:OTTAWA–Hope for the best, prepare for “disruption.”Those are Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s directions to the Canadian government as the United States slouches toward the conclusion of a bitter and divisive presidential election.With U.S. President Donald Trump refusing to commit to the peaceful transition of office should he lose the election — and already casting...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to:OTTAWA–Hope for the best, prepare for “disruption.”Those are Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s directions to the Canadian government as the United States slouches toward the conclusion of a bitter and divisive presidential election.With U.S. President Donald Trump refusing to commit to the peaceful transition of office should he lose the election — and already casting...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA— As the COVID-19 pandemic reached into the White House, infecting U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, Canada moved to relax border restrictions slightly to permit more international students, unmarried couples and relatives in compassionate cases to enter the country.News of the Trumps’ diagnoses put the contrasting approaches by the two...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA— As the COVID-19 pandemic reached into the White House, infecting U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, Canada moved to relax border restrictions slightly to permit more international students, unmarried couples and relatives in compassionate cases to enter the country.News of the Trumps’ diagnoses put the contrasting approaches by the two...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA – The Canadian government does not feel pressure from the United States to lift border restrictions despite comments by that he expects the border to reopen soon, says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.In an interview with the Star, Blair said he is aware of Trump’s remarks after the two countries agreed to extend restrictions on cross-border traffic for another...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA – The Canadian government does not feel pressure from the United States to lift border restrictions despite comments by that he expects the border to reopen soon, says Public Safety Minister Bill Blair.In an interview with the Star, Blair said he is aware of Trump’s remarks after the two countries agreed to extend restrictions on cross-border traffic for another...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—“Common sense prevailed.” That’s what Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says turned the tide in the latest Canada-U.S. trade dispute over Canadian aluminum exports to the south.“The last thing that Canadians and Americans need in the middle of this pandemic is another trade war.”The United States said Tuesday it would drop 10 per cent...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—“Common sense prevailed.” That’s what Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says turned the tide in the latest Canada-U.S. trade dispute over Canadian aluminum exports to the south.“The last thing that Canadians and Americans need in the middle of this pandemic is another trade war.”The United States said Tuesday it would drop 10 per cent...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA–Canada’s health minister gave the approval to donating personal protective equipment from the national emergency stockpile that was on the verge of expiry to China, a newly released email shows.A Jan. 31 email written by Public Health Agency of Canada chief of staff Marnie Johnstone indicates Health Minister Patty Hajdu had offered “notional agreement” to donate...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA–Canada’s health minister gave the approval to donating personal protective equipment from the national emergency stockpile that was on the verge of expiry to China, a newly released email shows.A Jan. 31 email written by Public Health Agency of Canada chief of staff Marnie Johnstone indicates Health Minister Patty Hajdu had offered “notional agreement” to donate...WW…

close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—New data reveals the overwhelming toll on elderly Canadians in long-term care during the , showing they make up 82 per cent of all deaths.The National Institute on Aging says that as of May 6, 3,436 residents and six staff members of long term care settings had died of COVID-19, representing 82 per cent of the 4,167 deaths reported as of Wednesday.Dr. Samir...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: OTTAWA—New data reveals the overwhelming toll on elderly Canadians in long-term care during the , showing they make up 82 per cent of all deaths.The National Institute on Aging says that as of May 6, 3,436 residents and six staff members of long term care settings had died of COVID-19, representing 82 per cent of the 4,167 deaths reported as of Wednesday.Dr. Samir...WW…