Category Archives: Lifestyle
Ontario makes changes to liquor rules, allows permanent delivery of alcohol with food
TORONTO — Ontario will allow restaurants to permanently sell alcohol with food takeout and delivery as it makes changes to support the industry through the pandemic. The province announced the change Wednesday night along with other relief measures. At...
Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine; here’s what we know about it
Health Canada approved a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech on Wednesday, paving the way for a rollout plan that could start in the coming weeks. Canada is set to receive 249,000 doses of the drug from the the U.S. pharmaceutical
San Francisco nixes cigarette smoking ban in apartments
SAN FRANCISCO — An ordinance to ban cigarette smoking in San Francisco apartments failed to get a second vote from supervisors Tuesday, meaning the proposal is dead for now. Supervisors last week approved the measure, saying that non-smoking residents ...
Levitts, Compliments brand deli meats recalled over possible Listeria contamination
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public of several deli meats being recalled because of possible Listeria contamination.They include 175-gram packages of Compliments brand Montreal-style smoked meat, smoked-beef pastrami and ...
Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches
TORONTO — Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta mom says she told her six-year-old that
Specialist who treated rare disease among homeless wants doctors to be aware of signs
VANCOUVER — As an infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Carl Boodman has had a longtime interest in an illness that commonly afflicted soldiers during the First World War as well as people who now live in crowded refugee camps. But Boodman
Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbours sit idle in pandemic
GENEVA — Two weeks after beating COVID-19, Thierry Salamin huffs as his ski boots crunch through Swiss snow near the Matterhorn peak, readying for a downhill run with his mood as bright as his blue and fluorescent yellow ski getup
It’s Major: Pets poised for a return to the White House
WASHINGTON — Major Biden is getting an early start in the spotlight as a presidential pet after a play date ended with his owner, President-elect Joe Biden, suffering a broken foot. As if that weren’t enough for one weekend, it
Ottawa beefs up loans for hard-hit sectors — but big airlines not included for now
Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind — and large airlines notably absent. The Liberal government's fiscal update sketches out ...
Europe’s Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year?
BRUSSELS — Please leave a chair empty at this year's family Christmas dinner as a precaution, or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minister has set to urge smaller festive family gathering...
