Canada faced increased pressure on Tuesday to match U.S. and British deliveries of defensive weapons to Ukraine as the threat of a Russian invasion continues to loom over Eastern Europe. The Liberal government has heard calls for arms deliveries both at home and in Kyiv, where Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly wrapped up a second day of meetings Tuesday with […]
The number of Albertans hospitalized with COVID-19 has passed 1,000, a milestone not seen since the peak of the fourth wave last fall. Updated COVID-19 statistics released Monday by the Alberta government show there are 1,007 people hospitalized, up from 822 on Friday. The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has also increased, now at 94, from 81 on […]
After Canada approves a new treatment for COVID-19, Pfizer’s highly effective oral treatment Paxlovid, experts hope the much-researched pill can help control a devastating flare-up caused by Omicron – if rolled out quickly enough. “I think it will be an effective tool in people at high risk if they can get tested fast enough that they can be in the […]
The federal government is providing Nunavut with three nurses and nine contact tracers to help manage the wave of COVID-19 sweeping through the territory. Nunavut Premier PJ Akeeagok announced the federal assistance Tuesday during a live COVID-19 update. Akeeagok also announced that another Nunavut resident has died from COVID-19. “My thoughts are with the family and the community,” he said. […]
Canada’s foreign minister landed in Kyiv on Monday promising additional economic aid to help keep Ukraine’s government afloat in the face of uncertainty caused by the threat of a Russian invasion. Mélanie Joly met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal yesterday. She said her visit was to show Canada’s unwavering solidarity in the current crisis. In a subsequent interview with […]
Microsoft buys games company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, providing access to hit games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The all-cash deal will allow Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, to accelerate mobile gaming and provide building blocks for the metaverse, or virtual environment. The announcement comes Tuesday as Activision is still in turmoil over allegations of […]
In a busy intensive care unit in east Toronto, Dr. Martin Betts often sees patients struggling with a dual diagnosis: a serious health condition associated with – or caused by – COVID-19. As chief of critical care for the Scarborough Health Network, Betts treated several patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, a buildup of acids in the blood that is a life-threatening […]
Kanada nükleer endüstrisi tarafından önerilen bir ulaşım planı, 2040’lardan başlayarak Ontario’nun en kalabalık topluluklarından bazılarından kırk yıl boyunca yüksek oranda radyoaktif olarak tüketilen nükleer yakıt çubuklarının 30.000 sevkiyatını içerecektir. Altında Teklif Nükleer Atık Yönetimi (NWMO), Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba ve New Brunswick’teki reaktör alanlarından ve geçici depolama tesislerinden karayolu ve/veya demiryolu ile Ontario’daki South Bruce veya Ignatius’a yakıt çubukları gönderir. Bilim […]
Some Canadian travelers required to spend isolated days awaiting COVID-19 test results after returning from abroad want to know why Ottawa is allowing people arriving from the United States to skip quarantine. “There’s something wrong,” said Kevin McNally of Gatineau, Que. which flew from Panama to Montreal on January 7. He was tested on arrival and waited six days at […]
With inflation reducing the purchasing power of workers and businesses complaining of staff shortages, you might think the time has come for a dramatic resurgence of the type of work activity that Canada does not have. known since the 1970s. But, so far, people who study the labor movement in Canada say that is not happening. examples of union activism […]
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