JUST IN: President Joe Biden says the U.S. plans to provide Canada with help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines. Biden says he spoke today with Prime Minister Trudeau on the subject. He says the White House is looking at what to do with supply that isn't currently used in the U.S.
BREAKING: Bianca Andreescu has won the U.S. Open women's championship, defeating Serena Williams in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam tournament.
BREAKING: Laurier says it will require all students, staff and faculty to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to return to campus this school year. The university says as of September 7, all community members need to confirm their vaccination status in advance of attending.
BREAKING: Gunshots have reportedly been fired in the back southeast corner of Nathan Phillips Square near Queen and Bay Streets where the Raptors NBA Championship fan rally is ongoing. There's no word yet on injuries.
BREAKING:
@RegionWaterloo
confirms six elders at Trinity Bible Chapel, including the pastor, and the chapel corporation have been charged under the Reopening Ontario Act. A total of 9 charges have been laid in connection with a gathering exceeding the permitted number.
BREAKING: The first COVID-19 vaccine in Waterloo Region has been administered to Siham Ibrahim, an Elmira PSW. They were one of 10 Chartwell Elmira LTC staff members to be vaccinated at Grand River Hospital today.
JUST IN: British Columbia will now require all people working in long-term care and assisted living facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The province's health officer says the deadline for workers to get vaccinated is October 12.
BREAKING: The University of Waterloo will require all students living on campus residences during the 2021-2022 school year to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The university says this decision is based on advice from
@ROWPublicHealth
.
JUST IN: The company that owns the Totten Mine near Sudbury says all 39 miners who had been trapped underground have now safely made it to the surface.
JUST IN: Quebec Premier Legault says his government intends to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for health-care workers. Legault says 90 per cent of health-care workers in the province are already vaccinated but the remaining 10 per cent pose a risk to patients.
HAPPENING NOW: Staff from Waterloo's Emmanuel at Brighton Child Care are staging a protest and walk-out - calling for the Ford government to recognize the importance of the child care sector by prioritizing ECEs, child care workers for vaccination.
BREAKING: Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says fully vaccinated Canadians will soon be able to get a government document that will certify their COVID-19 vaccine history for the purpose of international travel.
JUST IN: The
@cityofcambridge
has announced Amazon will open a 136,000 square foot delivery station at 125 Maple Grove Road. The facility is expected to open in late 2020, creating hundreds of jobs in the region.
JUST IN: Killer rapist Paul Bernardo has been denied parole. Two officers with the Parole Board of Canada took about an hour to reject his release application.
BREAKING: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the provincial government have reached a tentative agreement.
ETFO is advising members to suspend strike action immediately pending the results of a ratification vote, the date of which has yet to be confirmed.
BREAKING: The GRCA has closed Belwood Lake, Elora Gorge, Guelph Lake and Rockwood Conservation areas temporarily until June 15.
The authority says the temporary closure is due to "significant challenges" with visitors not respecting rules, and leaving garbage and other waste.
JUST IN: Charlottetown, PEI city council has voted to permanently remove a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald from a downtown intersection as a response to recent revelations about Canada's residential school system.
BREAKING: Waterloo Region has completed all eligible first-round vaccinations of local long-term care/retirement home residents. "This milestone was achieved by re-directing as much of the region's limited vaccine supply as possible to vaccinate residents as quickly as possible."
BREAKING: Joseph R. Biden has officially been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris as the 49th Vice President of the country.
#InaugurationDay
BREAKING: People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier was arrested and charged by RCMP in Manitoba for defying public health measures. Bernier has been on a tour protesting COVID-19 lockdown measures.
BREAKING: Kitchener native Jamal Murray posts 40 points, leads
@Nuggets
to a 104-89 win over Kawhi Leonard's
@LAClippers
in Game 7 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final series. Will face
@Lakers
in NBA West Final.
JUST IN:
@RegionWaterloo
has partnered with
@KidsAbility
to host vaccine clinics for children who would benefit from receiving the shot in a supportive and comfortable environment. Beginning this weekend, clinics will be set up at KidsAbility locations in Waterloo and Cambridge.
JUST IN: A woman living at a Toronto Community Housing complex says her longtime neighbour, Betty Forsyth, a woman in her 90's, was one of the 10 people killed in
#TorontoVanAttack
JUST IN:
@RegionWaterloo
has partnered with Bruce Power to open a "Hockey Hub" vaccination clinic, which will offer 20,000 additional appointments this week for first and second doses. It will operate at Bingemans starting Thursday.
JUST IN: The Ontario government says it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars in donations to the truckers convoy that were raised through online platform GiveSendGo.
UPDATE: Two teenaged girls missing in Algonguin Park have been found safe!!! An OPP Canine Unit found the girls just moments ago.
@OPP_News
@OPP_COMM_ER
^bd
BREAKING: Staff within the
@WCDSBNewswire
and
@wrdsb
providing direct personal support to students with special education needs are now eligible to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. These staff members will be contacted directly with registration instructions.
JUST IN: Ontario government announces that all provincial parks and conservation areas will remain closed until at least May 31 - that includes camping, cottages and day use.
BREAKING:
@ROWPublicHealth
is reporting no new cases of COVID-19, keeping the total to 1,384 in Waterloo Region.
There are 41 active cases of COVID-19.
No new deaths have been reported, with 119 COVID-19 related deaths total.
88% of cases have been resolved.
JUST IN: Facebook and Instagram are reportedly down at the moment - an error message appears when trying to load the websites, saying they're working to fix the issue.
BREAKING: The Region of Waterloo confirms it will move to Step 3 of Ontario's reopening plan on Friday, July 16 at 12:01 a.m. with the rest of the province.
JUST IN: The Region of Waterloo says they've administered over 250,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the Region, today they will also reach a milestone of having 50 per cent of residents 18+ with at least one dose of the vaccine.
BREAKING: Associate Professor at
@UWaterloo
Donna Strickland shares the 2018
#NobelPrize
in Physics. The first woman to win in the category in 55 years.
BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the
#NobelPrize
in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland.
BREAKING: Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says as of midnight tonight it will be mandatory for all Canadian travellers returning to the country to self-isolate for 14 days. Penalties for violating this include fines and criminal sanctions.
BREAKING: Facebook has announced it will extend the suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account for two years, until at least January 7, 2023.
As a result of the
#AMBERAlert
, the child has been located safely.
One male has been arrested.
The investigation remains ongoing.
More information will be released later.
BREAKING: Ontario is expected to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers in the province and begin to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to targeted groups, according to sources.
BREAKING:
@ROWPublicHealth
is reporting no new cases of COVID-19, keeping the total to 1,385 in Waterloo Region.
There are 36 active cases of COVID-19.
No new deaths have been reported, with 119 COVID-19 related deaths total.
89% of cases have been resolved.