Category Archives: Science
P.E.I. officials report one COVID death, say news on easing restrictions by next week
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief public health officer reported the province's 11th COVID-19-related death on Tuesday and offered hope that some public health restrictions would ease later this month. A person over the age of 80 was the lat...
Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash
OTTAWA — Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. The promise to maybe do more comes as Canada
Nova Scotia’s recreational facilities struggle through most challenging COVID-19 wave
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's recreational facilities will likely need more short-term government support once the latest wave of COVID-19 subsides, a legislature committee was told Tuesday. Representatives with the Recreation Facility Association of Nova Sc...
Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain ‘social peace’
MONTREAL — Three weeks after threatening to tax unvaccinated Quebecers, Premier François Legault abandoned the idea on Tuesday, worried about how much it had divided the province. "When we see what's happening in our society and on social media, I have...
Protests in Canada catch the eye of U.S. right wing, because they look familiar
WASHINGTON — Despite his reputation for hair-trigger unpredictability, Donald Trump had a remarkably consistent track record for triggering paroxysms north of the border: all he ever had to do was mention Canada by name. Whatever else life outside the...
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
Boris Johnson wins breathing space from ‘partygate’ woes
LONDON (AP) — Caught partying during a pandemic, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bought himself some breathing space with an apology and a promise to change. But his troubles are far from over.
Denmark scraps most COVID-19 restrictions
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark on Tuesday became one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as the Scandinavian country no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak “a socially critical disease.”
Anti-vaccine mandate protest racks up costs to Ottawa residents, police, businesses
Ottawa residents are starting to wonder who will be left holding the bag when the anti-vaccine mandate protest that has seized the capital, shuttered businesses and racked up policing costs finally rolls out. Crowds that first arrived Friday have thinn...
Quebec will allow gyms to reopen, Ontario to stick with COVID-19 reopening plan
Canada's two largest provinces are continuing with plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions, as Quebec announced Tuesday that gyms will reopen and Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a warning of increased hospitalizations will not alter his province's reopenin...
