The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Canada’s intelligence service, including director David Vigneault, who has contracted the virus. 

In a statement to Global News, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Vigneault “recently contracted COVID-19 and as a result … has been working from home.”

Because of its national security role, CSIS has kept its national headquarters in Ottawa, as well as its regional offices across Canada and foreign stations, operational during the pandemic.

A fractious debate has been taking place within CSIS over workplace safety amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources have told Global News.

A significant number of CSIS employees have complained to managers that while other federal agencies have let staff work from home, intelligence staff have been forced to keep working at headquarters.

GUEST: Amanda Connolly, Journalist for Global News

Long gone are the days where people stay up to date with worldly events solely from an evening newscast or a local paper.

A 2019 survey from the Canadian Journalism Foundation suggests 60 per cent of respondents get their news online. That’s not hard to imagine if you use platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTok or Snapchat — where you can easily stumble on real (and fake) news during your daily dose of scrolling.

But busy lives and shorter attention spans call for more compact news.

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GUEST: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Former Director of Journalism and a Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College

U.S. President Joe Biden said he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic.

ALSO: The White House ruled out imposing any form of a coronavirus vaccine passport in the United States, but said private businesses were free to explore the idea.

GUEST: Dr. Rodney Rohde, Professor and Chair, Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the College of Health Professions, Texas State University

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The province is under its third state of emergency in this pandemic with residents being told to stay home as much as possible, except for essential reasons.

With that announcement, officials say phase two of the vaccine rollout will begin. But, the rollout has changed priorities with hot spots and teachers at the front lines.

The Ontario government announced all education workers in high-risk neighborhoods in Peel Region and Toronto will be eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine beginning during the April break.

GUEST: Dr. Timothy Sly, Epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health with Ryerson University

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The latest stay-at-home order will be devastating for Ontario's small business community.

Even before this latest lockdown, one in six business said they were at risk of not surviving. That's 70 thousand businesses employing 900 thousand people.

GUEST: Jasmin Guenette, VP of National Affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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More testimony is expected today on day nine of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd.

Takeaways from Day 8 of the trial:

A use-of-force expert called by prosecutors testified on Wednesday that Derek Chauvin used “deadly force” when it was appropriate to use none.

Also, George Floyds drug use returned as a focus.

GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto