Category Archives: Science
Japanese billionaire gets ready for December space mission
MOSCOW (AP) — A forthcoming flight to space by a Japanese billionaire will allow the public to have a closer look at life on board the International Space Station, the president of Space Adventures, a company that organized the flight,
White House targeting economic risks from climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking steps to address the economic risks from climate change, issuing a 40-page report Friday on government-wide plans to protect the financial, insurance and housing markets and the savings of American f...
Ottawa eyes tasking airport security with vaccine verification for travellers
OTTAWA — Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage. The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers' vaccination status to airport officers, rather than airlines — which hope to skip the head...
Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
RED DEER, Alta. — When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn't be evicted from their temporary shelter in
Bill Clinton recovering from urological infection, aide says
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton will remain hospitalized overnight as he recovers from a urological infection. But a spokesman said Friday that he was doing better and was in good spirits.
DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt to halt a Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.
Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads
VICTORIA — New restrictions for British Columbia's northern health region are being put in place in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccinated. Personal gatherings indoors and outdoors are restricted to only tho...
Alberta says 14-year-old’s death not COVID-related, will change reporting process
EDMONTON — Alberta has reversed an earlier announcement that a 14-year-old died from COVID-19 and will change how it reports future COVID-related deaths of minors. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical health officer, said initial information on t...
Wyoming district where student arrested extends mask mandate
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A mask-wearing mandate will continue for at least another month in a Wyoming school district where a student who wouldn’t wear a mask got arrested for allegedly refusing to leave her high school.
Saskatchewan health minister says province’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate is skewed
REGINA — Saskatchewan's Minister of Health Paul Merriman says the province's low COVID-19 vaccination rate is an underestimation, despite data from the Public Health Agency of Canada showing otherwise. The most recent data compiled by the federal agenc...
