Category Archives: Science
Canadian traveller forced to stay in quarantine facility after negative COVID-19 test
Lennard Skead says he felt like he’d been put in jail for a crime he didn’t commit when he returned to Canada from South Africa on Thursday. Skead, who lives in Brandon, Man., said he wasn't allowed to leave a Toronto
Delta variant’s spread through the unvaccinated remains B.C.’s focus: health minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister says there's been a lot of attention paid to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, but the focus should remain on the Delta variant because it continues to have a "profound impact" on people who
Biden touts savings on insulin and other drugs for Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Monday that his social agenda legislation would deliver tangible savings on prescription drugs for all Americans. Relief that consumers have clamored for is now in sight, he asserted.
B.C. moves to recovery management phase after floods; most military leaving province
VICTORIA — British Columbia is shifting into repair and recovery mode following devastating floods and landslides caused by record rains that crippled transportation links, deluged agricultural operations and forced the evacuations of thousands of peop...
Travellers who’ve forgotten to use ArriveCan app can now give details at the border
OTTAWA — Travellers who can't access the government's ArriveCan app, or simply forget to fill it out, may start to receive some clemency at the border after Canada's public safety minister gave new instructions to border officials to allow people
Health officials in New Brunswick report three deaths and 71 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting three COVID-19-related deaths and 71 new cases of the virus today. The deaths involve a person in their 60s in the Fredericton region, as well as a person in their 70s and
Toyota to build $1.3B battery plant near Greensboro, NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Toyota announced on Monday that it plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro, North Carolina, that will employ at least 1,750 people and help meet the auto giant's growing goals of
Cruise ship with COVID-19 infections has new passengers
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A cruise ship that carried at least 17 passengers and crew members with breakthrough COVID-19 infections when it docked in New Orleans has set sail again with new passengers.
Navy halts use of fuel storage complex above Hawaii aquifer
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy announced Monday that it is suspending use of a massive World War II-era fuel storage complex above a Hawaii aquifer that supplies nearly 20% of Honolulu’s drinking water — following
Alberta reports 8 new Omicron variant COVID-19 cases, bringing provincial total to 11
EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting eight new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing its total in the province to 11. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, says the new cases came over the weekend and all
