Category Archives: Science
Nova Scotia doctor wait-list hits new record high with more than 88,300 people
HALIFAX — When Evelyn Hornbeck and her husband received notice last fall that their family doctor would be retiring without a replacement, they were immediately stressed. “I hadn’t seen her in person in a long time because of the pandemic," Hornbeck,
‘Unmanageable’: Nunavut hamlet sets up satellite centre for TB treatment
A Nunavut hamlet's community hall is to be turned into a place for people with tuberculosis to receive treatment for the respiratory disease that continues to disproportionately affect Inuit. The territory's Health Department declared a TB outbreak in ...
The government has committed $5.3 billion to establish dental care. What comes next?
OTTAWA — The Liberal budget laid out money for a new dental care program Thursday, but not necessarily a plan. Now that $5.3 billion is on the table, the government has just shy of nine months to drill into the details
Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends.
Canada offers more money to COVAX to aid in the delivery of vaccine donations
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is donating another $220 million to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance. The funds will bring Canada's total monetary donation to COVAX to about $700 million for the purchase, delivery and distri...
3 Shanghai officials sacked over COVID-19 response
BEIJING (AP) — Three local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a slack response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest city, where residents are complaining of harsh lockdown conditions leading to shortages of food and basic necessities. ...
Jobless rate falls to record low as economy adds 72,500 jobs in March, StatCan says
OTTAWA — Canada's unemployment rate dropped to a record low last month as more people jumped into a hot labour market — and economists say the jobless rate could yet fall even lower. The March unemployment rate registered at 5.3 per
Feds move forward on menstrual equity in budget, advocates want it done ‘right’
OTTAWA — Over six months since the Liberals committed to creating a menstrual equity fund, the federal government has proposed the pilot project in its 2022 budget. Starting in 2022, the government would give $25 million over two years to create
Sixth wave prompts renewed labour crunch in restaurants, retail and food processing
After two years of on-and-off lockdowns, Rachel Reinders felt a renewed sense of hope last month as pandemic restrictions eased and spring dawned on the cusp of a new patio season. But Reinders, who heads administration at the Lieutenant's Pump pub
End of vaccine card in B.C. too soon as BA.2 variant spreads: doctor
VANCOUVER — It's too early to drop all COVID-19 restrictions, including proof of vaccination at indoor venues, as infections rise in British Columbia due to a "let it rip" approach for managing the virus, a retired emergency room doctor says. Dr.
