Category Archives: Science
Saskatchewan lifts passport: No vaccination proof needed for Valentine’s Day diners
REGINA — Days of dining indoors are over for Tenille Lafontaine, who was planning to stick to takeout for Valentine's Day. Her family visited their favourite restaurants on the weekend in anticipation of the province lifting its public health order Mo...
Alberta students walk out to protest decision to lift mask mandate in schools
EDMONTON — Dozens of students in Alberta walked out of their classrooms Monday afternoon to protest the government's decision to lift a mask mandate in schools. Samuel Clark, a 17-year-old co-organizer of the protest, said some students gathered at the...
IAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO (AP) — A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday began its review of Japan's plan to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant
Plans fizzle for major trucker virus protest in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) — Plans for a major trucker virus protest near the European Union headquarters in Brussels fizzled Monday, with police filtering traffic during the morning rush hour to leave only a few scattered demonstrators on foot instead.
New Zealand’s PM signals harsher stance on vaccine protest
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's prime minister on Monday said protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates were using “intimidation and harassment," as authorities appeared to take a harsher stance toward the convoy of demonstrators that has...
UN to finalize science report on how warming hits home hard
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists and governments met Monday to finalize a major U.N. report on how global warming disrupts people's lives, their natural environment and the Earth itself. Don’t expect a flowery valentine to the planet: instead an activist group...
Tripwire for real war? Cyber’s fuzzy rules of engagement
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden couldn’t have been more blunt about the risks of cyberattacks spinning out of control. “If we end up in a war, a real shooting war with a major power, it’s going to be
Ransomware gang says it has hacked 49ers football team
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team's financial data.
COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations decline in Quebec ahead of further reopening
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting nine more deaths attributed to COVID-19 today, a drop that comes a day before the province prepares to allow gyms and spas to reopen for business. The Health Department says 2,081 people are in hospital with
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to fall in Ontario
TORONTO — Ontario continues to see a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and admissions to provincial hospitals and intensive care units. The province says there were 1,540 people in hospital due to the virus on Saturday, of which
