Category Archives: Science
B.C. leads in job creation numbers, but more work ahead, says recovery minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia posted the top job recovery rate in Canada last month and the province's unemployment rate has dropped below six per cent, but there's more work ahead, says Economic Recovery Minister Ravi Kahlon. Statistics Canada reported ...
Manitoba premier says he’s willing to consider proposal to stop protests at hospitals
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Kelvin Goertzen says he's willing to consider ways to ban protests that block access to hospitals and other health centres. Goertzen says he will take a look at a private member's bill from the Opposition New Democrats
Vaccine mandate for police? NYC looking at ‘all options’
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor said Friday he’s looking at “all options” when it comes to a possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate for police officers — an idea backed by the city’s police commissioner but opposed by its
Civil rights lawyer wants Quebec permit system for doctors declared unconstitutional
Montreal-based civil rights lawyer Julius Grey said Friday he will ask a judge next week to suspend Quebec’s system for determining how many family doctors can practise in a specific region of the province. Earlier this week, Health Minister Christian ...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the
‘Do what you need to do:’ Leader of military nurses in Alberta hospital stays focused
EDMONTON, United Kingdom — A senior military nurse who has been deployed to Alberta to help overworked hospital staff caring for COVID-19 patients says she hopes to see the day when people's smiling faces will replace masks and family and
In California, inconsistent school COVID rules are the norm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Now that schools are back in session, parents are mastering this year’s new school vocabulary: Modified quarantine, antigen vs. PCR testing and the so-called Swiss cheese model for keeping classrooms safe, which has become the butt...
Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency.
RCMP union will support Mounties who shun COVID-19 vaccination despite federal order
OTTAWA — The union representing RCMP officers says it will support decisions by members "to be vaccinated or not" against COVID-19 following a federal order that Mounties be immunized. The Liberal government announced this week that core public servant...
Impact of forest thinning on wildfires creates divisions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters and numerous studies credit intensive forest thinning projects with helping save communities like those recently threatened near Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, but dissent from some environmental advocacy gr...
