Category Archives: Lifestyle
U.S. vaccine rollout vastly outpacing Canada’s: what can we learn from American push?
Canadians perusing social media may be coming across photos of their American peers bearing wide smiles and vaccination cards that show they've been inoculated against COVID-19. A recent ramping up of the United States's vaccine rollout has it vastly o...
National public health act could help Canada with future pandemic preparedness: CPHA
Canada's response to the first wave of COVID-19 was stalled by a localized approach, argues a health advocacy group in a new report that recommends the implementation of a national public health act to help the country with pandemic preparedness
Expected influx of COVID-19 vaccines to test provincial promises of mass inoculations
An expected influx of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries beginning this week will test provincial deployment plans experts say should have been honed in the unwelcome lull that stalled inoculations across the country. But whether doses remain in fridges or he...
UK to return medals to vets discharged because of sexuality
LONDON — The British military will allow former service personnel who were stripped of medals because of their sexuality to apply to have them restored after a Royal Navy veteran’s 27-year battle to have his decorations returned. The Ministry of Defenc...
US agency cancels Trump policy on conservation purchases
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. Interior Department officials on Thursday cancelled a Trump administration directive that gave local and state officials power to block purchases of land and water for conservation under a longstanding federal program. Acting Int...
Jill Biden pushes free access to community college
WASHINGTON — Jill Biden is promising free access to community college and training programs, saying the schools will be an important part of Biden administration efforts to rebuild the economy. A longtime community college professor and advocate, the f...
Vatican seeks elder care rethink after COVID-19 ‘massacre’
ROME — The Vatican is calling for a new paradigm of care for older people after what it calls the “massacre” wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately killed people living in nursing homes. The Vatican’s Pontifical Council of Li...
California uses ZIP codes, outreach to boost vaccine equity
SAN FRANCISCO — Hing Yiu Chung lives in a racially diverse San Francisco neighbourhood hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. While vaccines have been difficult to come by, the 69-year-old got one by showing proof she lives where she does. She
California uses ZIP codes, outreach to boost vaccine equity
SAN FRANCISCO — Hing Yiu Chung lives in a racially diverse San Francisco neighbourhood hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. While vaccines have been difficult to come by, the 69-year-old got one by showing proof she lives where she does. She
A breakdown of Canada’s isolation sites as details are revealed on hotel requirements
As concerns about internationally identified COVID-19 variants hit closer to home, public health authorities are asking — and increasingly, ordering — people to isolate safely, away from others in their household. Here are some examples of how hotels a...
