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Craig Clark
29 Dec 2020

First COVID-19 vaccine handed out in Hamilton

An employee at Parkview Nursing Home was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Hamilton. Wednesday December 23rd saw a unique day in the history of the city with about 30 employ...

Michael Kras
23 Dec 2020

Health Canada has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use

With the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine already approved and being rolled out to priority Canadians, Health Canada has just officially approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use as well, increasi...

Craig Clark
21 Dec 2020

When will teachers and education workers in Hamilton get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The Canadian Teachers’ Federation released a statement this week arguing why they think teachers should be on the COVID-19 vaccine priority list. Many teachers and education workers are exposed ...

Michael Kras
18 Dec 2020

Hamilton is about to get its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine

As Hamilton still sits in the COVID-19 red zone and teeters on the edge of lockdown, the city has announced it will be receiving its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the coming w...

Michael Kras
16 Dec 2020

Hamilton may be among the first Ontario cities to get the COVID-19 vaccine

With Hamilton still sitting in the red zone and teetering on the edge of a fuller lockdown, the city is expected to be one of the next in line to receive doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine;...

Michael Kras
14 Dec 2020

First batches of COVID-19 vaccine doses have arrived in Canada

It’s happening! Planes carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses officially arrived in Canada on Sunday evening in preparation for the start of the largest inoculation program in this count...

Michael Kras
09 Dec 2020

BREAKING: Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Smoothly following the federal government’s announcement that Canada will be seeing as many as 249,000 initial doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine delivered this month, Health Canada has officially...

Michael Kras
08 Dec 2020

Canada will have 249,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of December

Looks like Canada could be getting its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses even sooner than expected, as the federal government has confirmed the country will likely be receiving its first doses thi...

Michael Kras
17 Nov 2020

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine looking almost 95% effective

Barely a week after Pfizer announced extremely encouraging data about their COVID-19 vaccine, American biotechnology company Moderna has quickly followed suit with news that looks just as, if not more...

Michael Kras
09 Nov 2020

Early results on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine show it could be 90 per cent effective

In extremely promising news, American pharmaceutical company Pfizer has said that early results for their COVID-19 vaccine might be a startling 90 per cent effective. The news means that, if all goes ...