Category Archives: Science
Ontario high schools allowed to return to regular semesters in February
Ontario high schools will shift back to regular semesters no later than February, returning secondary students to a normal schedule for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. School boards will be able to make the change sooner if
Ontario students to get rapid COVID tests over winter holidays
TORONTO — Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays. The plan to distribute 11 million tests over the
2 Iranians charged with threatening US voters in 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election interference aimed at intimidating American voters during last year's presidential race and undermining confidence that the results of the contes...
Canadian Medical Association urges federal government to protect health-care workers
OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to fulfil its promise to support health-care employees amid continuing online harassment of physicians and other workers. The medical association is also calling on social media...
Phone companies must allow texting new ‘988’ suicide line
U.S. communications regulators will require that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new “988” number for the suicide-prevention hotline.
Quebec minister defends transfer of seniors to care homes during COVID-19 first wave
QUEBEC — Contrary to popular belief, the Quebec government did not massively transfer elderly patients to long-term care homes to free up hospital beds at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's former health minister told a coroner's inques...
Czechs, Slovaks target unvaccinated with new restrictions
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech and Slovak governments on Thursday approved new coronavirus restrictions that will come into effect next week and specifically target unvaccinated people amid a record surge of infections in both neighboring countries.
So far, little fraud evident in rental assistance programs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After watching scammers make off with more than $20 billion in fraudulent California unemployment benefits during the pandemic, state housing officials were wary of a repeat when the federal government poured money into the st...
‘I don’t know’: Biden noncommittal on including Canadian vehicles in EV tax credit
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden isn't making any promises about whether he's willing to alter his controversial tax credit proposal for new electric vehicles. Biden, meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office, says that's one ...
Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrive on Facebook
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation,...
