Category Archives: Science
Alberta says surgery backlog has stabilized at 81,600 following latest COVID outbreak
EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says the province's backlog of surgeries has stabilized and the government will focus on reducing it over the coming months. Jason Copping says the wait list stood at 68,000 cases before the pandemic began and has
House approves extension of Native corporation relief funds
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. House has passed legislation to extend a year-end deadline for Alaska Native corporations and tribes to use federal coronavirus relief funds. But it isn't the same bill that earlier passed the Senate.
Health officials report three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island Thursday
CHARLOTTETOWN — Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. Two of the cases are related to travel outside the province and one is a close contact of a previously announced case. There
Pandemic nurse shortage: Kentucky gov declares an emergency
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor declared the state's chronic nursing shortage to be an emergency Thursday, taking executive actions amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to boost enrollment in nurse-training programs.
Nova Scotia premier upset by liquor corp’s delayed vaccine deadline for workers
HALIFAX — Premier Tim Houston is expressing displeasure with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's decision to give its employees until Jan. 15 to show proof of vaccination. Houston said Thursday he's upset the arm's-length Crown corporation chose not t...
New Brunswick reports big jump in COVID-19 case numbers and two more related deaths
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting another big jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in the province, along with two more COVID-19 related deaths. There are 174 new cases of the virus today, with the number of active cases hitting
Five Things from the auditor general’s report on the federal response to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Auditor general Karen Hogan released several reports on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five key highlights: Poor quarantine enforcement for international travellers Canada failed to adequately enforce bord...
Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA — The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in respo...
Saudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in her country, is suing three former U.S. intelligence and military officials she says helped hack her cellphone so a
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX — An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections had been reported among the university community, most...
