Reopening, Step 2 starts in Ontario tomorrow

We missed being able to dine outside, we missed coffee with friends, we missed the mall. But we also missed – and our uncultivated hairstyles bear witness to this – the hairdresser. From tomorrow, with Ontario entering Step 2, it will be possible to do all this and more. The long-awaited relaxation of some of the restrictions with reopening non-essential shops, albeit at 25% of capacity, bodes well after so many difficult months. Continue reading

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide


Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of June 29, 2021 at 4:25pm EST.

On Tuesday, health officials in Spain logged 7,091 new infections, the highest single day increase since early May. The total number of confirmed positive cases approach 3.8 million. Of the cumulative total, 94.7% are considered recovered. Since yesterday, Covid-related deaths increased by 40, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 80,829.

Globally, over 181 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 166 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.9 million worldwide.

Bangladesh has not updated the status of Covid-19 cases since June 28, 2021.

Viruses and suspects: Rota challenges Trudeau about scientists fired in Winnipeg

TORONTO – Anthony Rota challenges Justin Trudeau. The battleground is the controversial story surrounding the dismissal of two virologists of Chinese origin from the National Microbiology Laboratory, a maximum-security laboratory in Winnipeg where lethal viruses such as Ebola are studied. This tug-of-war, which has been developing for several weeks, has gone a little undertrack but is likely to lead to a serious institutional crisis between the legislative and executive powers here in Canada in the near future. Continue reading

“加拿大,是时候驱逐所有中国运动员了”

抵制北京冬奥会的呼声日益高涨。 一个代表维吾尔人、藏人、香港活动家和其他许多人的联盟团体在 5 月发表联合声明,呼吁明年从北京彻底取消冬奥会。 加拿大与中国的关系特别不稳定。 由于两名加拿大人质迈克尔·科尔维格和迈克尔·斯帕沃尔被关押,迄今为止,加拿大对中国的欺负人的反应非常不温不火。 整个内阁和其他一些自由党议员以及总理特鲁多都退出了对维吾尔种族灭绝动议的投票。 或许他们想向中国发出一个非挑衅的信息。 但在加中关系的难题中,这种绥靖政策对加拿大根本不利。 Continue reading