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@CTVNews Chief Political Correspondent, host of @ctvqp @CTV_PowerPlay @VassKapelosShow 🤓. I don't check twitter, so please email me vassy.kapelos @bellmedia .ca
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Hitched! 👰🏻🤵🏻
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BREAKING: Sophie Trudeau has tested positive for Coronavirus
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NEW: White house says first foreign call President Biden will make will be to PM Trudeau on Friday
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PM: effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade, assault weapons in this country.
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Thank you for all the kind wishes :)
@PnPCBC
has a new viewer as of June 1st, weighing in at a hefty 9 lbs 4 oz. A big hello from Nicholas Kapelos-Boldt, our little miracle.
Our host
@VassyKapelos
is signing off... for now... as she begins her maternity leave. All the best from the
@pnpcbc
team to the hardest-working, nicest and whip-smart leader around!
#cdnpoli
will be here when you get back.
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BREAKING: Dr Tam advises every Canadian to cancel all travel outside of Canada
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NEW: Canada loses bid for seat on UN Security Council. Norway and Ireland have won the two non-permanent seats.
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NEW: PM announces "Canada Emergency Student Benefit" - $1250/month from May-August
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PM: The bottom line is this...if you're risking your health to keep this country moving and you’re still making minimum wage, you deserve a raise.
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MORE: "...As the RCMP has made clear, the NS shooter did not have a firearms licence, so all of his guns were illegal. Taking firearms away from law-abiding citizens does nothing to stop dangerous criminals who obtain their guns illegally..."
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Nope. Call your parents. All the time. When you can't it will break your heart
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NEW: ON Premier Ford says he, Premier Horgan and Premier Legault on call last night with premiers and PM were adamant - don't open border with US
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Reaction from Conservative leader Andrew Scheer:
“Justin Trudeau is using the current pandemic and the immediate emotion of the horrific attack in Nova Scotia to push the Liberals’ ideological agenda and make major firearms policy changes. That is wrong...."
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PM on 3M masks...trade goes in both directions...thousand nurses in Windsor who work in Detroit everyday...Americans depend on them...it would be a mistake for both of our countries to limit access to goods and essential personnel...that's what we're pointing out to the US admin
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Thank you so much for all the kind tweets - I’m so thrilled/nervous/excited for the opportunity to host
@PnPCBC
and I’m beyond grateful to everyone at
@globalnews
for the last ten years. I’m so lucky and I appreciate all the support:)
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Health Minister Hajdu says Canadians need to understand now is not the time to take your foot off the social distancing measures, and it won’t be weeks it will be months that they’ll be in place
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Here is some of what's in the report:
- reusing supplies e.g. a catheter even if sterility is compromised (catheter pulled out and on floor for undetermined amount of time)
- a dozen incidents of bleeding fungal infections i.e. very poor peri-catheterization care
(1)
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BREAKING: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Woos on
@PnPCBC
says hereditary chiefs will NOT meet with federal or provincial government ministers until they tell the RCMP to leave. We will ask Marc Miller if the govt is prepared to do so coming up in minutes.
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"patients observed crying for help with staff not responding for 30 mins to over 2 hours"
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Off the rails...power went out at the Chair of the committee's house apparently...vice chair assumes role of Chair...it's Poilievre... Everyone is yelling...pandemic TV folks,
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NEW: Quebec closing bars, restaurants, movie theatres for 28 days in 3 regions: Montreal, Quebec City & Chaudiere-Appalaches - Premier Legault announcement live on
@PnPCBC
right now
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Bell selects Ericsson, not Huawei, to build 5G cellular network | CBC News
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Trudeau asked if he's considering offering an apology to Saudi Arabia, Trudeau says "we will continue to stand up for Canadian values...and human rights..." In other words - nope.
#cdnpoli
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- expired meds, much of ward stock months out of date
- Covid 19 patients allowed to wander (negative and + cases of Covid 19 still rooming together)
- aggressive behaviour to residents (when changing incontinence product, not stopping/slowing when resident complains of pain)
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Major mixed messaging: ON Premier Doug Ford just said go on March break and have fun. NB Premier Blaine Higgs yesterday told me if any kid in his province goes away for March break they have to self-isolate for 14 days upon return.
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NEW: Premier Jason Kenney to Elizabeth May and Yves Francois Blanchet on comments re: oil dead: - "please stop kicking us while we're down" - right now on
@PnPCBC
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FYI: 39 members of the armed forces working in homes in ON and Quebec have tested positive for Covid-19 (15 cases in ON, 24 in Quebec)
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TO SUMMARIZE:
Don't travel outside of Canada
Don't go to any mass gatherings
Cruise ships with 500 or more people on them can't come to Canada until at least July 1
International flights to be restricted to small # airports
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PM: "For far too many Canadians, the images and stories coming out of the US are all too familiar.
As a country, we can’t pretend that racism doesn’t exist here. We can’t pretend that it’s someone else’s problem.
Anti-black racism is real...and it happens here, in Canada."
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Here's who is covered:
- people who lost their job
- people who are sick, quarantined, or taking care of someone who is sick with COVID-19,
- parents who have to stay home without pay to take care of kids who are home bc schools are closed
- contract workers & self-employed Cdns
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NEW: Erin O'Toole tells me a Conservative government under his leadership WOULD commit to the Paris climate targets. Full interview 5pm ET on
@PnPCBC
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I've never seen anything like this...Trudeau, Scheer and Singh are all giving their speeches at the same time?!
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Me watching this 😭😭😭😊😭😭😭
For over a decade, Tinney Davidson waved out the window of her Comox home to students on their way to school. Now she's moving away, so the students gave her a proper send-off.
More:
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NEW: PMO failed to check with key former employers before Payette's appointment as Governor General: sources | CBC News
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'Oil is dead': Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet warn Ottawa against supporting Alberta's oilpatch | CBC News
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BREAKING: JWR says she will make a written submission to the justice committee with texts/emails she referenced and “relevant facts and evidence that further clarify statements I made...”
#cdnpoli
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BREAKING: All Canadians in Iraq safe and accounted for, per Chief of Defence Staff
CAF families: I can assure you that all deployed CAF personnel are safe & accounted for following missile attacks in Iraq. We remain vigilant.
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Thrilled to start my new gig Monday!
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NEW: Feds announce extra $ for seniors - $300 one time payment if you're eligible for the Old Age Security (OAS) pension, $200 if you're eligbile for the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS). If you get both the OAS and GIS, you'll get $500. Program worth $2.5 billion.
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Teck has withdrawn its application for the Frontier oil sands mine. First reported by
@MariekeWalsh
- here is the letter from the CEO of the company to Fed Env Minister Wilkinson:
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NEW: Health Canada has approved the first serological test for use in Canada - this is the antibody tests so key to trying to determine immunity
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NEW: Former Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson tells me she'd be "surprised" if the PM isn't found to contravene the Conflict of Interest Act after his admission re: recusal yesterday. Full interview tonight 5pm ET
@PnPCBC
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"The curve is no longer flat in Alberta" - Dr. Hinshaw
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Just posted a photo
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It is comical how different these tweets are than Mr. Bernier in person. I wonder why he didn’t say this when the interview ended and instead said how much he likes doing the show? Which is it? 😂😂😂😂😂
2/ That’s a typical manipulation trick by journalists: “So now you’re saying that in 2010 the PM expressed support...?”
@VassyKapelos
, can’t you just do your research before your interviews?
Yes he did. You’re a journalist, you should stick to facts.
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😬😬😬😬😬😬 Norman's defence accuses Trudeau PMO of attempting to direct prosecution | CBC News
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😳😳😳
.
@JustinTrudeau
,
@EmmanuelMacron
,
@BorisJohnson
and other VIPs shared a few words at a Buckingham Palace reception Tuesday. No one mentions
@realDonaldTrump
by name, but they seem to be discussing his lengthy impromptu press conferences from earlier in the day. (Video: Host Pool)
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NEW: the PM and his chief of staff will testify before the finance committee Thursday
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Note - Canadian officials have signalled border restrictions not easing anytime soon
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PM announces expansion of what BC Premier John Horgan announced last week for BC - if you come back from out of country and don't have an isolation plan, you'll be taken to quarantine site. In effect midnight tonight.
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BREAKING: Ontario schools have been ordered to remain closed from March 14 through to April 5, 2020. Province announcing right now.
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On CFL ask for $150 million - PM says talks ongoing. "We know CFL is important to many Canadians"
(gooo Argos don't @ me)
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PM announces $50 million for a Surplus Food Purchase Program
"The government will buy large quantities of certain products at risk of going to waste, say, potatoes or poultry, and redistribute them to organizations addressing food insecurity."
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I asked Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland how many Cdns could contract Coronavrius - what does the govt's 'worse case scenario' modeling tell them? She pointed to Germany, where models show up to 70 percent of the population could get Covid-19. Full inv tonight on
@PnPCBC
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This is so hard and wonderful to watch. Moms are everything.
Laura McKay, was dying of cancer when she promised her son she would help him meet Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, his idol.
McKay died in November, but her promise came true last week in this heartfelt moment.
Read more:
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NEW: BC advises all residents NOT to travel ANYWHERE outside Canada, including the US
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NEW: PM says "closing the market for military-grade, assault weapons in Canada," banning 1,500 models and variants by way of regulations.
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NEW: ethics commissioner expands scope of investigation per NDP request
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NEW: Premier Ford says school in ON is cancelled for rest of school year "I'm just not going to risk it"
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NEW: PM announces wage subsidies for small business will go up to 75% (from 10%)
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CONSISTENT and SUSTAINED INAPPROPRIATE pressure is what it was, according to JWR. She says from officials in the PMO, PCO & Finance Minister's office
#cdnpoli
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Dr Tam: this is our chance, right here right now (referring to the measures necessary to flatten curve). She says ability to flatten the curve is now narrow.
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Also - very interesting - earlier this week 1000 tests conducted in Calgary, where people didn't have to be symptomatic - 50 positive cases of Covid-19 found
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Best part of Election Day for me was getting to see my sisters 😍
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Chief Medical Officer of Health for AB just said the province is advising EVERYONE over 65 not to travel outside of Canada. Right now on
@PnPCBC
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PM on “peoplekind”: it’s a little reminder to me that I shouldn’t be making jokes even when I think they’re funny
#cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Ethics Commissioner finds that the Prime Minister "contravened section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act (Act)." re: SNC. Full report here:
#cdnpoli
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I’ve received a lot of emails from Canadians with disabilities living on a fixed income who have seen their cost of living rise during this pandemic and are wondering if there will be any financial aid directed specifically at them to help. (1/2)
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OECD concerned with allegations Trudeau interfered in SNC-Lavalin case | CBC News
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NEW: Deficit = $343 billion, govt spending on Covid measures = $236 billion, net federal debt = $1.2 trillion by next March
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Kenney, more:
"It is what happens when governments lack the courage to defend the interests of Canadians in the face of a militant minority. The timing of the decision is not a coincidence..."
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There ya have it - NDP prepared to support throne speech if bill introduced Monday reflects what was negotiated. No election.
@theJagmeetSingh
live on
@PnPCBC
right now
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NEW: PM says govt considering easing restrictions at US border for family reunification
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Wishing Don all the best!
Congratulations on a great career
@DonMartinCTV
! Wishing you all the best in retirement from
@VassyKapelos
and the whole team at
@PnPCBC
#cdnpoli
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PM asked about China/Wuhan death toll now 50% higher than China first reported. PM says his job is to keep Canadians safe, there will questions for "different countries" later
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We are trying to end our week with some positive news each week - Helen sure helped us do that tonight. ❤️ Have a safe and healthy weekend!
After 41 days in hospital, 71-year-old Helen Keene has recovered from COVID-19.
She tells
@VassyKapelos
how she got through those difficult weeks with the help of
@STJOESHAMILTON
hospital staff,
@westlifemusic
and lots of crocheting.
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Premier Horgan says he, Premier Ford and Premier Legault are all adamant the restrictions on the US border need to stay - have conveyed to PM
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It's the 75th anniversary of the Cdn-led liberation of the Netherlands. I was so fortunate to cover the 70th anniversary (here @ the Holten Cdn War Cemetery). One of the most memorable experiences of my life & one I'm grateful for. 7600 Cdns died during the 9 mo campaign.
80+ Cdn veterans made the trip here with family. Most in their 90s, they say it could be their last trip here.
http://t.co/ShRaqEndBy
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This makes me sick to read. You deserve a raise.
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PHILPOTT: ... I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations. There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.
#cdnpoli
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NEW: PM announces borders closed to people who aren't citizens or permanent residents
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Ottawa public health says don’t leave your house unless you have to.
Dr Etches has provided the latest update to council on the COVID-19 situation. Please note the request to practice greater social distancing and limiting all non-essential trips out of the home.
For up to date info please consult their website:
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