COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What s happening Saturday, Jan. 9
A group of artists is creating a small sketch or painting every day in January, working from real life or outdoors.
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Posted: Jan 09, 2021 11:15 AM AT | Last Updated: January 9
P.E.I. is aiming to have 80 per cent of the adult population vaccinated by the end of the summer.(Travis Kingdon/CBC)
A 23-year-old P.E.I. has received a grant from the National Geographic Society to help educators design instructional resources that help educators effectively teach in in-person, remote, or hybrid learning environments during this pandemic.
Dr. Michael Gardam, an infection control and disease specialist and senior medical adviser at Health PEI, said Prince Edward Island has done very well with its vaccine rollout so far.
Lockdown light failed in Canada s hardest-hit regions. Here s what experts say should happen now
Ontario and Quebec have consistently failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 with inadequate, poorly timed lockdowns, leaving little choice but for much more draconian measures to be put in place, health experts tell CBC News.
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Ontario reports 2,139 new COVID-19 cases as deaths top 4,000
Ontario reported 2,139 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths from the illness on Wednesday as hospitalization figures reached second-wave highs.
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Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 16
Multiple provinces administered their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, but a top health official warned that the country s vaccination campaign doesn t spell the immediate end of the pandemic.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald administers the COVID-19 vaccine to nurse Ellen Foley-Vick in St. John s on Wednesday. Foley-Vick is the first person in N.L. to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.(Sarah Smellie/The Canadian Press)
Can mRNA vaccines alter your DNA? More of your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered
As the first shots of coronavirus vaccines are delivered in Canada, CBC News talks to the experts to answer your questions about this kind of vaccine and the clinical trials that got them to this point, including: Is the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine safe for children and pregnant women?
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