A new animated video series out of northern Ontario aims to help inform Indigenous communities about the importance of cancer screening. The videos, titled Conversations about Cancer, feature Sudbury-based family physician Dr. Erin Peltier, and are produced by Health Sciences North (HSN) and the Northeast Regional Cancer Program. The series includes five videos that address what cancer is, and the […]
Dünya Arı Günü genellikle, bitkilerimizi tozlaştırmak ve ekosistemlerimizi sağlıklı tutmak için arıların yaptığı zor işleri kutlamak için bir fırsattır – ancak uzmanlar bu yıl aynı zamanda özellikle iki yıldan uzun bir süre sonra karşılaştıkları tehlikeler hakkında alarm vermek için bir fırsat olduğunu söylüyorlar. COVID-19. Toronto’daki York Üniversitesi’nde biyoloji profesörü ve Arı Ekolojisi, Evrim ve Koruma Merkezi direktörü Amro Zayed, “Pandeminin […]
Canada has unveiled a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, along with a new loan of $250 million to help Ukraine’s government continue functioning. Speaking by phone Friday after meeting with G7 finance ministers in Bonn, Germany, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the additional funding brings Canada’s financial commitment to Ukraine to $1.87 billion in […]
Canada’s chief public health officer said Friday provincial health authorities are investigating “a couple dozen” possible cases of monkeypox — and most of the specimens under review are from Quebec, where two cases have been confirmed already this week. Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Dr. Theresa Tam said the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg is running tests on samples […]
All Manitobans 50 and older are now eligible for a second COVID-19 booster shot, as well as anyone who is First Nations, Inuit or Métis and at least 30. People who are moderately to severely immunocompromised and residents of personal care homes are also eligible. A second booster would be the fourth dose for most people. Eligibility may be further […]
Ontario is reporting 24 more deaths linked to COVID-19 and 1,165 patients hospitalized with the virus. Friday’s hospitalizations are down from 1,207 on Thursday and 1,453 exactly one week ago. According to the Ministry of Health, 39 per cent of people hospitalized were admitted specifically for treatment of symptoms brought on by the virus, while the rest were admitted for […]
Federal public health officials give an update on the COVID-19 situation in Canada.
A study conducted by researchers at McGill University and scientists from Italy suggests that blocking inflammation after injury might make that pain chronic — a finding that challenges the standard approach to treating pain. Chronic pain — especially in the lower back — is a common ailment, but scientists don’t know why some back injuries resolve themselves while others cause […]
Billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter late on Thursday to denounce as “utterly untrue” claims in a news report that he had sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. Business Insider reported earlier on Thursday that Musk’s SpaceX paid $250,000 in 2018 to settle a sexual harassment claim from an unnamed private jet flight attendant who […]
Late in 2018, Maclean’s magazine put five Conservative leaders on its cover and billed them as “the resistance” — an apparent play on the name of the movement that had emerged to oppose Donald Trump in the United States. The three premier and two party leaders on the cover were presented as a united front against a push by the […]
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