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The federal government is already preparing Canadians for what may be lying in wait for us as far as COVID-19 goes.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters that Canadians might need to get regular booster shots to combat the virus and how imperative it is that vaccinations are kept up to date.

“We will never be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,” he added, and kept things vague about vaccine mandates being brought back in a couple months, Denette Wilford reported.

Chelsea Hillier, daughter of ex-MPP Randy Hillier, was ordered to pay nearly $100,000 for defaming her former Carleton University instructor, falsely depicting in a series of tweets that the longtime educator was a sex predator who drugged students, Postmedia’s Gary Dimmock reported.

Who said Twitter was free?

It was a tragedy felt throughout all of Major League Baseball as word got out that Blue Jays first base coach Mark Budzinski would be taking time away from the team following the passing of his eldest daughter, Julia.

It was later reported that the 17-year-old died in a tragic tubing accident near the family’s home in Richmond, Vi

r.Brian Lilley sounded off about the ongoing gong show of delays at Pearson International Airport, which is in violation of fire codes due to the overcrowding — all of which he reported are due to backups caused by the federal government.

There’s the time-sucking ArriveCan app, for one, while Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino needs to earn his paycheque and figure out how to solve the staffing issues at Pearson.