Category Archives: Science
San Francisco to require sick leave for nannies, gardeners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a groundbreaking law approved by city leaders this week.
National modelling suggests Canada’s opioid overdose crisis could worsen through 2022
OTTAWA — The latest data from a federal special advisory committee on opioid overdoses shows that opioid-related deaths could remain high and even increase in the next six months. In a statement released today, co-chairs Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Jennife...
National modelling suggests Canada’s opioid overdose crisis could worsen through 2022
OTTAWA — The latest data from a federal special advisory committee on opioid overdoses shows that opioid-related deaths could remain high and even increase in the next six months. In a statement released today, co-chairs Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Jennife...
Canadian Press newsmakers of the year since 1946
Children who didn't come home from residential schools have been chosen as the 2021 newsmaker of the year in a survey by The Canadian Press. Here is a list of past newsmakers as chosen in an annual poll of newsrooms
How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. strode onto the stage at a Southern California church, radiating Kennedy confidence and surveying the standing ovation crowd with his piercing blue Bobby Kennedy eyes. Then, he launched into an anti-vaccine...
Montana advances grizzly bear plans that could allow hunting
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to lift federal p...
COVID-19 modelling in B.C. shows increases on Vancouver Island, spread of Omicron
VANCOUVER — British Columbia health officials are recommending against large holiday parties with COVID-19 cases poised to rise because of the quick-moving Omicron variant, but the threat still won't prompt the rollout of free at-home rapid tests befor...
Omicron rapid spread prompts Liberals to limit number of MPs in Commons
OTTAWA — The lightning spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant is prompting federal politicians to reconsider the wisdom of having several hundred MPs crammed together in the House of Commons. Government House leader Mark Holland announced Tuesday that ...
US officials eye fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Freeland asks provinces to use more rapid tests, says millions more tests are coming
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pleaded with provinces to use the COVID-19 rapid tests they've already been sent as she promised Ottawa will spend another $1.7 billion to buy millions more of them in the next few months. The dark
