News Headlines ( Satpal Singh Johal ) – 23/April/2021
Government of Canada has, once again, reiterated yesterday that this is not a good time to travel. To help curb the community spread of the COVID-19, people should avoid travel trips. Transportation Minister Omar Alghabera announced a temporary suspension of all passenger and commercial flights from (coronavirus hotspots) India and Pakistan for four weeks. Critics say these (too late) restrictions came after the damage was already been done. Since February, 50% of the total COVID-19 tests conducted at the Canadian airports, were of travelers who arrived from India. At least 32 flights that arrived from India carried at least 1 positive case during the past two weeks.
-Air Canada will offer a full refund for their canceled flights. Travelers will have to contact their agents if they did not purchase their tickets directly from the airlines.
-It is 3rd consecutive day when India recorded over 2000 COVID-19 related deaths within 24 hours. At least 2263 deaths were reported today. About 187000 people have died until now in India with coronavirus, including 8189 in Punjab. Over 332000 new positive cases were reported in the country today.
-PM Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie have their appointments in Ottawa to get Astrazeneca vaccine today.
-Transport Canada requires all commercial drivers to have Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) from June 12, 2021. for mandatory starting date for commercial drivers.
-As expected, beleaguered from public fury, Ontario Premier Douglas Ford promised yesterday to offer a paid sick-leave program for the workers after months of rejections to reinstate it. He canceled sick-leave days in 2018. Ford said in a virtual news conference that people forced into self-isolation will not have to worry about their jobs or pay. He also sincerely apologized for giving additional enforcement powers to the police and shutting playgrounds last week.
-US drug-maker, Pfizer, has recognized yesterday that a fake version of their coronavirus vaccine is in circulation in Mexico and Poland. Authorities from those both countries reportedly seized a quantity of the fake vaccine which did not pass the lab tests there.
-Canadian Health officials have advised people that they should not get attracted to buy COVID-19 vaccines that are sold online.
-According to the official numbers from the Brampton hospital, there were 114 COVID-19 patients yesterday admitted for care, and out of those, 13 are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Etobicoke general hospital has 90 patients and 5 are in the ICU.
-Caledon OPP arrested Harjinder Deewra (23) of Toronto in relation to numerous thefts of gasoline and liquor (between April 10 and April 22) from gas stations and stores on Highway 10, Highway 9, and Airport Road in Caledon. The thefts occurred between April 10 and April 22. The suspect used several cars to commit these offenses, which included rental and stolen vehicles. Harjinder, at once, resisted arrest and fled from OPP in a stolen vehicle, but he was arrested and charged yesterday. He will appear in Orangeville court today.
-Almost 500000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered until today in Brampton, Mississauga, and Caledon. The Peel Region is expanding vaccination at the workplaces to stop the transmission of the virus in these 3 hotpots cities. Amazon, Maple Leaf Foods, and Maple Lodge Farms are participating in this onsite vaccination drive.
-OPP charged Kashish Dua (23) of Brampton for (cannabis) impaired driving in Caledon on Wednesday. He failed the breath test. Cannabis was also readily available in the vehicle he was driving. Kashish will appear in Orangeville court on June 24.
-A complainant, with the help of OPP in Caledon, successfully failed the attempts to transfer a large amount of money fraudulently to a bank account overseas on or before April 13. The complainant indicated that their computer was accessed remotely by unknown suspects, who then used documents and information stored on the computer to facilitate the money transfer. Luckily, the complainant became aware of the suspicious attempt and suffered no financial loss as a result. Police continue to investigate the incident.
-The police advise people to protect their computers and watch out for urgent-looking messages. Create a strong password, and never give anyone remote access to your computer. Don’t click on too-good-to-be-true-looking messages and do not call back the phone numbers they provide.
