Category Archives: Science
Quebec may never get the full story behind COVID-19 care home deaths, coroner warns
Quebec coroner Géhane Kamel said Monday that grieving families may never get the full story behind the thousands of deaths that occurred in long-term care homes during the first wave of COVID-19. Kamel expressed shock that after a yearlong investigatio...
Facing staff shortages, Quebec asks public sector workers to help in health system
MONTREAL — A major union representing public sector workers says it's open to temporarily transferring members to help out in the overburdened health system, but it says it wasn't given enough notice and is facing labour shortages of its own. The
Yellowstone bison species decision questioned by US judge
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revisit part of its decision not to protect Yellowstone National Park’s bison as an endangered species.
Health officials in Prince Edward Island report 231 new cases of COVID-19
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting 231 new cases of COVID-19 today, including new infections at two long-term care facilities. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison says there has been an average of 215 ne...
Some students protest return to class amid rising COVID-19 numbers in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — Some Manitoba students walked out of classes Monday, the first day back after an extended holiday break, to protest what they said was an unsafe environment as COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. "Many of them want to be in
New Brunswick reports two more COVID-19 deaths, slight drop in hospitalizations
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say two more people have died from COVID-19. Officials say the latest deaths involve a person in their 80s in the Campbellton region and someone in their 90s in the Bathurst area. There have been
China’s claim that Omicron came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
OTTAWA — A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical. A Chinese state-controlled
Heightened COVID-19 restrictions to remain in N.L. for at least another week
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador officials are waiting at least another week to relax public health restrictions following a surge in COVID-19 cases that began in late December. Health Minister John Haggie told reporters today the province ...
WVa governor resumes briefings, says COVID is ‘tough stuff’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday resumed his weekly briefings on the coronavirus, six days after he tested positive for COVID-19. Justice's
Iqaluit sets up filling station with river water after complaints of fuel smell
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — The City of Iqaluit has set up a water-filling station after traces of fuel were found in the Nunavut capital's drinking water last week for the second time in recent months. Iqaluit residents reported smelling fuel in their
