Category Archives: Science
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation" of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation's second-most populous sta...
Facebook exec: We do not prioritize engagement over safety
A Facebook executive is pushing back on a whistleblower’s claims — supported by the company’s own internal research — that the social network’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S.
B.C. records 752 more COVID-19 cases, nine more deaths
VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded 752 more cases of COVID-19 as nearly 82 per cent of eligible residents aged 12 and up have now been fully vaccinated. The province says nine more people have died, for a total of 1,992
Keanu Reeves among 2021 inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame
TORONTO — Actors Keanu Reeves and Graham Greene, retired Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire and musician Bruce Cockburn are among this year's inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame. Singer-songwriter Jully Black, late blues artist Salome Bey, wrestling star Bret (The...
Ex-Facebook employee asks lawmakers to step in. Will they?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit.
AG hopes to press anew for struck-down Kentucky abortion law
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican attorney general laid out his strategy Wednesday to champion his state's embattled abortion law in court, calling his office the “last line of defense" for the measure that would block a second-trimester proc...
Manitoba nurses set to get retroactive raises under tentative agreement
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Nurses Union has reached a tentative contract agreement with the province more than four years after the last deal expired. The union says it will not comment until the proposed deal is ratified, but confirmed a post
New Brunswick’s ban on Thanksgiving gatherings dampens holiday spirit across province
MONCTON, N.B. — Brent Clark says the New Brunswick government should have decided a little earlier to prohibit Thanksgiving Day gatherings. Clark, a resident of Hartland, N.B., by the border with Quebec, said he had to cancel last minute a party
A look at COVID-19 vaccine certificate programs across Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will be mandatory for people travelling by air and rail by the end of October. By the end of November, all travellers will need to
Record number of Saskatchewan residents hospitalized with COVID-19
REGINA — The number of Saskatchewan residents who are hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to climb to record levels. There are 356 people who are hospitalized with the virus, including 76 in intensive care -- the highest since the pandemic began. Th...
