February 7, 2022 | Canadian National Multilingual Newsgroup

“Freedom Convoy”: in Ottawa, police go on the offensive

by Mariella Policheni February 7, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – From Ottawa to Vancouver, passing through Toronto Quebec City, Regina, Fredericton. There is no end in sight to the protests organized by the so-called “Freedom Convoy” against the vaccination obligation. But patience, in the capital, is now running out. Police Chief Peter Sloly has decided that the time has come for his officers to go “on the offensive” to end this situation. “I worked continuously 18 hours a day to be able to get the necessary resources – said Sloly – now we can go on the offensive”.

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Torontonians on their knees, but City raises taxes

by Marzio Pelù February 7, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – In full pandemic, after two disastrous years for everyone from a financial point of view, the City of Toronto increases property taxes by 4.4%. The City had announced it and the Budget Committee reiterated it today, unanimously, in view of the approval by the city council, scheduled for next February 17. A sort of “coup de grace” that the administration led by Mayor John Tory (in the pic above, from his Twitter profile) is about to inflict on the inhabitants of Toronto, now economically in agony after two years spent in the grip of Covid-19. (more…)

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

by Priscilla Pajdo February 7, 2022August 25, 2023

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 7, 2022, at 3:30 pm EST.

On Monday, health officials in Spain logged 40,272 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 10.3 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases 66.9% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 111 Covid-related deaths for a total of 94,570 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.

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Ontario, down the hospitalizations. Self-test in Quebec, boom of positives

by Marzio Pelù February 7, 2022August 25, 2023

TORONTO – Covid hospitalizations continue to drop in Ontario: today 2,155 patients were hospitalized with the coronavirus, compared to 2,230 on Sunday, while the number of patients in intensive care remained unchanged at 486. Deaths also decreased, today “only” 11: Sunday there were 56. Since the start of the pandemic, Ontario has recorded 11,836 related deaths from (or with) Covid-19. (more…)

Daily update of Ontario’s Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign

by Priscilla Pajdo February 7, 2022August 25, 2023

With the largest vaccination campaign underway, the province has administered more than 31.0 million doses into the arms of Ontarians. According to data last updated on February 7, numbers released by the Ministry of Health show health officials administered 24,392 vaccine doses on Sunday, down from 551,747 doses the day prior.