Category Archives: Science
Cannabis bust on Indigenous land highlights legal divide
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing uncertainty and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American reservations, as more states roll out legal
Alberta announces $11 million in grants to improve palliative and end-of-life care
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says the remaining $11 million out of $20 million it promised for palliative and end-of-life care will be allotted through a series of grants. The government announced the $20 million in September 2020. It also elimina...
Saskatchewan to amend its employment act to recognize workplace sexual harassment
REGINA — Saskatchewan is proposing to amend its employment act to recognize sexual harassment in the workplace. The government has introduced legislation to make it clear that any unwelcome action of a sexual nature constitutes harassment. The amendm...
Tennessee gov appeals to officers resisting vaccine mandates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican governor has sought to capitalize on rising law enforcement tensions with city leaders surrounding COVID-19 vaccine mandates, offering to help pay unvaccinated out-of-state officers to relocate and join th...
Modelling suggests another wave of COVID-19 could be Saskatchewan’s worst
REGINA — Saskatchewan has released modelling that suggests a combination of winter weather with indoor socializing and waning immunity could lead to the province's worst wave of COVID-19. Chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, says hospitaliza...
Ontario ready to vaccinate kids aged five to 11 as soon as child-sized doses arrive
TORONTO — Ontario parents will likely be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young children as early as next week, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday, ahead of the expected approval of the shot for use in kids. The
New Brunswick imposes 14-day household quarantine if COVID-19 case detected
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is tightening quarantine rules to address continuing high numbers of COVID-19 cases in the province. As of 6 p.m. Friday, if someone tests positive for COVID-19, everyone in their household — regardless of th...
Feds to announce approval of kids’ COVID-19 vaccine, easing of border measures Friday
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to announce Friday that Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, then later detail plans to ease some of the pandemic-related measures at the border. The federal government
Trudeau calls Three Amigos summit ‘extremely effective,’ but Biden unmoved on EVs
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to claim a moral victory Thursday after his day at the White House did little to defuse an escalating continental dispute over President Joe Biden's plans to encourage Americans to buy more electric
Louisiana lawmakers: Strain too slow on medical marijuana
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain came under fire Thursday from state lawmakers who complained his regulatory agency was moving too slowly in expanding the medical marijuana products available to patients.
