Category Archives: Science
Ottawa police push ahead to end protest as bail hearings for organizers move forward
OTTAWA — Police officers donned helmets, wielded batons and deployed pepper spray in downtown Ottawa on Saturday as they tried to clear out protesters putting up what the city's interim police chief described as a "barrage of resistance" to ending
Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases
Montrealer Claudia Hébert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Université de Montréal veterinary medicine program. Some symptom...
Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
VANCOUVER — Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in British Columbia, says the manager of a drug-checking
2 more arrested in ex-lawmaker’s COVID relief fraud case
Two more people were arrested Friday in a federal criminal case involving a former Connecticut state representative accused of stealing federal pandemic relief funds from the city of West Haven while he was working as an aide to the city
B.C.’s top doctor extends COVID-19 vaccination order in post-secondary residences
KELOWNA, B.C. — British Columbia's top doctor has extended an order requiring students living in post-secondary residences to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof. A statement from the Health Ministry says the order by provincial health office...
Talks continue between city, COVID-19 mandate protesters near Manitoba legislature
WINNIPEG — Protesters who have been blocking a major street in downtown Winnipeg as part of a countrywide demonstration against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions have moved to a nearby park. City police say the protesters left as part of negot...
Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada. Nunavut Health Minister John Main says those travellers c...
US, Britain accuse Russia of cyberattacks targeting Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blamed Russia on Friday for this week's cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s defense ministry and major banks and warned of the potential for more significant disruptions in the days ahead.
New Brunswick set to reduce COVID-19 public health restrictions as of midnight
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting another COVID-19-related death as the province prepares to move to the least restrictive level of the government's COVID-19 winter plan. There have now been 298 COVID-19-related deaths in ...
Yukon launches new site for COVID-19 case counts, vaccinations, other key data
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has started a new COVID-19 dashboard aimed at keeping residents up to date about important pandemic-related information. A statement from the government says the user-friendly dashboard replaces the COVID-19 case count...
