Category Archives: Science
Austria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated
VIENNA (AP) — Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday.
Austria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated
VIENNA (AP) — Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday.
Austria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated
VIENNA (AP) — Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday.
Nova Scotia pays for COVID-19 vaccines for mink, B.C. says no before closing industry
Nova Scotia will help pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for mink, but the British Columbia government says more research is needed to determine if immunization is an option for thousands of animals that will soon be banned from the province. Nova
SNC-Lavalin CEO cancels Montreal speech after Air Canada boss ignites firestorm
MONTREAL — The head of engineering firm SNC-Lavalin has suddenly cancelled a speech to Montreal's business community because his French-language skills need some work. Ian Edwards doesn't speak French well despite living in Quebec since 2014. In cancel...
Quebec’s top doctor defends COVID-19 response at inquest into long-term care deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec's public health director told a coroner's inquest Thursday he can't remember whether he had recommended preventing staff in long-term care homes from working in multiple seniors facilities in the early days of the pandemic. Dr. Horaci...
Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat
OTTAWA — An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect health-care workers facing similar risks. Dr. Nili Kapl...
‘Heartbreaking’: Outreach group says conditions in Alberta homeless camp worsen
Time is running out for a central Alberta city to secure warming shelters for vulnerable individuals living in tattered tents in an open field unprotected from frigid winds and, soon, snow. Up to 60 people have been sleeping in the homeless
Russia prepares new restrictions amid persistent virus surge
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities said Thursday they were preparing new restrictions aimed at curbing the unrelenting surge of coronavirus infections that has engulfed the vast country in recent weeks.
Austrian leader says lockdown for the unvaccinated is likely
BERLIN (AP) — Austria's chancellor on Thursday stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine country are soaring.
