Category Archives: Science
A look at the candidates running to lead the B.C. Liberal party
VICTORIA — Seven candidates are in the running to become the next leader of British Columbia's Liberals following Andrew Wilkinson's resignation shortly after the October 2020 election. Here are brief thumbnail profiles of the candidates: Gavin Dew: De...
After reflecting on two election defeats, B.C. Liberals get ready to elect new leader
VICTORIA — A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elections after 16 years in power. The
Boris Johnson’s mounting trouble is treasure for satirists
LONDON (AP) — A politician’s troubles are a humorist’s treasures. The scandal-prone British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given cartoonists and meme-makers unimaginable riches for years, and
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney isolating after positive COVID-19 test
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and “will be isolating and working remotely for the recommended period of time," according to a news release from his office.
Comments from the front lines of the Parliament Hill protest against vaccine mandates
OTTAWA — Thousands of truckers and their supporters and critics gathered in Ottawa on Saturday for a protest against vaccine mandates, COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government. While many expressed concern with public health restrictions such ...
COVID-19 hospitalizations on the decline in Ontario, Quebec as protest jams Ottawa
COVID-19 hospitalizations are ticking down in Canada's two most populous provinces, as thousands swarmed Ottawa Saturday in trucks and on foot to protest public health restrictions and the Liberal federal government. The number of people hospitalized w...
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec decline for sixth day to 2,975 patients
MONTREAL — Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 in Quebec are down for the sixth day in a row. The province says there are 2,975 patients in hospital with the illness, a decrease of 116 from the day before. The Health Department says intensive
SC Senate medical marijuana bill to go into another week
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP) — The South Carolina Senate debate on medical marijuana is going into another week. The chamber debated Sen. Tom Davis' bill Wednesday and Thursday
Ontario reports 3,439 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, 597 ICU cases
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 3,439 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the province today, including 597 in intensive care. That's a decrease of 96 hospitalizations from Friday, and two fewer ICU cases. There were 387 patients on ventilators due ...
Thousands gather on Parliament hill for massive protest against vaccine mandates
OTTAWA — Trucks jamming Ottawa streets shut down the core of the national capital on Saturday as a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd packed Parliament Hill to demand the federal Liberal government end vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, promising to s...
