Category Archives: Science
Rising COVID-19 cases lead to stronger measures across Canada to slow spread
Health professionals and provincial governments are drawing up battle plans to curb the spread of COVID-19 by bringing back restrictions, while speeding up booster doses as the highly transmissible Omicron variant washes over the country. As the holid...
Tories boycott security committee over refusal to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party's MPs from the committee last spring to protest the Liberal government's re...
Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boo...
San Francisco DA, others denounce mayor’s plan for police
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's top prosecutor on Monday pushed back on the mayor's call for increased policing to battle rampant drug dealing in one of the city's most vulnerable neighborhoods, urging her instead to put more money into
Foreign Affairs Minister Joly tests positive for COVID-19 and is isolating
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a rapid test. Joly disclosed the result Monday on Twitter, saying she was in isolation awaiting the result of a PCR test. Joly did not say where or
Oregon, among last holdout states, to join opioid agreement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon, one of the last holdout states in joining a $26 billion settlement with the three largest distributors of opioids and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, is on the verge of signing on, the state's attorney general
Think you have COVID-19 during the Omicron wave? Here’s what to do
OTTAWA — Nearly two years into the pandemic, most people know what to do when they feel ill to stop the spread of COVID-19. The highly transmissible new variant has thrown some of the old rules for a loop, however. Omicron
AP Exclusive: Polish opposition duo hacked with NSO spyware
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The aggressive cellphone break-ins of a high-profile lawyer representing top Polish opposition figures came in the final weeks of pivotal 2019 parliamentary elections. Two years later, a prosecutor challenging attempts by the popu...
More than 18,000 boosters booked as Saskatchewan faces possible Omicron surge
REGINA — Provincial data says tens of thousands of people have made appointments for COVID-19 booster shots in Saskatchewan in the face of a possible surge of infections caused by the Omicron variant. Some 59 new COVID-19 cases are being reported
COVID-19 infections surge in Manitoba; province stops identifying most close contacts
WINNIPEG — Manitoba continued to face surging COVID-19 infections on Monday at the same time it ended its role in notifying most close contacts. People with confirmed COVID-19 cases will be asked to tell their contacts themselves, the province's websit...
