In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day.
Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Monday, April 12, 2021.
OTTAWA -- The recent flood of COVID-19 vaccine doses into Canada is expected to taper off this week, with a little more than 1 million shots scheduled for delivery over the next seven days.
But the Public Health Agency of Canada says the only shipment expected this week will come from Pfizer and BioNTech, which have been consistently delivering more than 1 million doses weekly since March.
The rush to get vaccines into arms has grown more urgent as Canada continues to see a massive spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections.
Thousands of new cases were reported on Sunday, including a record 4,456 in Ontario alone.
The president and founder of the As-Salam mosque in downtown Montreal, says Ramadan is normally a time for members to share meals with each other and people in need.
The death sparked protests in Brooklyn Center into early Monday morning as nearby Minneapolis was already on edge midway through the trial of the first of four police officers in George Floyd's death. .
Few details have been released about what happened early Sunday morning at the facility. .
LONDON -- "Nomadland" has won four prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.Â
The NHL's pandemic-shortened 56-game season has presented a number of unique challenges, including a flat salary cap and quarantine periods
The doctor who led the team performing the operation says the procedure has only been done 40 or 50 times worldwide, and while it was a success, it's unlikely to become a common treatment for severe COVID cases
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Monday, 12, 2021
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