Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the US and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years in hopes of finding a better way to fight the tick-borne threat. Lyme disease, caused by bacteria entering the body through the bite of an infected tick, is a growing problem, with reports of case numbers rising […]
Canada’s tax agency says nearly 9 million Canadians are owed some sort of government cash, and it’s going to send out reminders starting this month to tens of thousands of people to let them know. The Canada Revenue Agency said Monday that it has roughly $1.4 billion worth of uncashed checks on its books, some of which has been owed […]
Masks will not be mandatory in Ontario schools this September, the province’s education ministry says. In an email to CBC Toronto on Monday, the ministry said most health and safety requirements for the upcoming school year will remain unchanged from the end of the 2021-22 school year, which includes the voluntary use of masks. “The government will continue to provide […]
Her Ağustos, Dünya, geçen bir kuyruklu yıldızdan kalan kalın bir enkaz izini sürer. Sonuç: Gökyüzünü aydınlatan muhteşem bir meteor gecesi. Yılın en iyi ve en çok beklenen meteor yağmurlarından biri, temmuz ortasından ağustos sonuna kadar gerçekleşen Perseids’tir. Ancak en çok meteoru görme şansınız olacak en yüksek görüntüleme, Ağustos gecesi düşer. göre bu yıl 12-13 Uluslararası Meteor Organizasyonu. İşte o zaman […]
Less than four hours before departure, Ryan Farrell was surprised to learn his flight from Yellowknife to Calgary had been cancelled. Air Canada cited “crew constraints” and rebooked him on a plane leaving 48 hours after the June 17 flight’s original takeoff time. Farrell was even more surprised six weeks later, when he learned his request for compensation had been […]
Alex Froese’nin kolu Temmuz’da Manitoba’nın güneybatısındaki Melita yakınlarındaki bir Çayır merasında yerdeki karanlık bir delikte kaybolurken, rüzgar gümüşi yeşil çimenlerin arasından fısıldıyor. Yavaşça bir bebek baykuşu çıkarır. Sonra bir diğeri, onları bir kovaya koyan asistanına veriyor. Kar amacı gütmeyen Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Project’in direktörü Froese, “Bu yılın en iyi günü” diyor. “Her yıl onlarla başa çıkmak ve onları bir […]
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This First Person column is the experience of Lise Watson who lives in Toronto. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQs. My family and I live down the hall from my 90-year-old mother in a co-op building in the heart of Toronto. She’s fiercely independent, and even after my dad died, she insisted on living […]
Jamp Pharma Corporation is recalling a lot of Jamp-Atorvastatin 40 mg tablets due to possible latex contamination. A Health Canada advisory on Saturday said a piece of latex was found in one Atorvastatin tablet in lot MHC1403A. The department urged those taking Atorvastatin — commonly to treat high cholesterol and prevent heart attacks — to double-check with a pharmacy to […]
When they took to the field to face the Germans in the Euro Cup final on Sunday, England’s national women’s soccer team didn’t just have the support of the country, they had the support of specially designed sports bras chosen in consultation with scientists. It perhaps would have remained a hidden secret weapon but for Chloe Kelly’s now-iconic bra-baring celebration […]
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