Category Archives: Science
Feds declined offer from privacy commissioner for advice on collection of phone data
OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner says his offer to advise the government on the implications of collecting data from millions of mobile phones during the COVID-19 pandemic was rebuffed. Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons committee this we...
Teachers’ union, Edmonton school board, worried about Alberta lifting COVID mask rule
EDMONTON — The president of the Alberta Teachers' Association says it is exploring legal options after the province announced it will lift the mask mandate in classrooms and take away power from school boards that disagree with the decision to
New Brunswick to ease some COVID-19 public health restrictions after Feb. 18
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick announced Wednesday it will ease many COVID-19 restrictions next week, increasing gathering limits and allowing businesses to return to full capacity. Premier Blaine Higgs said the changes will take effect at 11:59 p.m. on F...
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney apologizes for comparing COVID-19 to AIDS
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's sorry for comparing what he calls the stigma of being unvaccinated for COVID-19 to the plight of HIV-AIDS patients in the 1980s. "In my news conference yesterday I made an inappropriate analogy to
Relief, caution and dismay around Alberta’s COVID-19 plan after lack of consultation
Alberta schools, municipalities and businesses are expressing dismay, relief and confusion as they scramble to adapt to the province lifting COVID-19 public health rules with what they say was no consultation and little advance notice. "In the same way...
No money for drug pipes: Feds douse social media firestorm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dousing a social media firestorm, the Biden administration said Wednesday that a grant program to counter harm from illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth.
Oregon bill tackles megaquake ‘nightmare’: Fuel storage site
A river on fire with millions of gallons of spilled oil, jet fuel and gasoline. An environmental disaster ranking with the worst in America. No fuel for a state trying to recover from a major earthquake.
New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down in Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting seven people in hospital due to COVID-19 — a drop of two from Tuesday. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says that number includes one person in intensive care. She s...
New COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations down in Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting seven people in hospital due to COVID-19 — a drop of two from Tuesday. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says that number includes one person in intensive care. She s...
B.C. coroner’s report shows illicit toxic drug deaths highest ever in 2021
VICTORIA — Illicit toxic drugs in British Columbia cause more deaths than all other natural causes combined, the province’s chief coroner said Wednesday as she called for an end to old prevention measures that have been "an abject and very
