Month: April 2020

Parce que le psoriasis reste une maladie méconnue, discriminatoire et donc particulièrement difficile à vivre pour les plus jeunes, l’association France Psoriasis lance sa nouvelle campagne “J’ai du psoriasis et j’ose me découvrir” à destination des 15-30 ans à l’occasion de la 16ème journée mondiale du psoriasis qui se déroule aujourd’hui. L’objectif : changer le…

Des robots qui se mettent des uppercuts sur un ring : c’est le concept de “Real Steel”. Hugh Jackman et le réalisateur Shawn Levy reviennent sur la conception du film pour sa sortie DVD Blu-Ray. En 2011, la boxe était tendance dans les salles obscures. Real Steel en apporte une nouvelle preuve, avec une évolution…

“Il s’avère maintenant et aux yeux de tout le monde (…) que cette affaire n’est rien d’autre que l’expression claire de la volonté du pouvoir politique de faire obstruction aux activités politiques et des droits de l’Homme du député Biram Dah Abeid à travers l’entrave à sa liberté”, dénonçait une nouvelle fois dans un communiqué…

Daniil Kvyat would welcome a transfer of the Russian Grand Prix from Sochi to St Petersburg’s new Igora Drive circuit, believing such a plan would boost his home race’s attendance numbers. Development plans centered around Sochi’s Autodrom have cast a doubt on the venue’s F1 future, with Igora Drive’s new circuit expected to take over…

Belgians are facing the worst health emergency of modern times but politicians still can’t agree to form a permanent government to deal with it. Across the country, there are now over 1,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and the authorities have closed down schools, bars and restaurants. This raises particular problems in a country that has…

Europe’s banks have a chance to be the good guys in the coronavirus crisis. At least that’s what EU policymakers are hoping as they relax rules and offer government guarantees to support lenders during the economic fallout. They expect banks to be part of the solution rather than the problem, in contrast to a dozen…

Many businesses may be shutting down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but kids can rest assured that the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny will keep working through the lockdowns — or at least in Ontario and Quebec, that is. On Tuesday, following urging from Toronto mayor John Tory, Ford cleared up any doubt…

TORONTO — Ontario put out a wartime-like plea Tuesday to press anyone in the province with health-care experience into service, as the first Ontario-made personal protective equipment rolled off the lines following a similar call to action to businesses. Premier Doug Ford announced the opening of an online portal through which people with medical training can…

Albertans looking to apply for the one-time Alberta Emergency Isolation Support payment were met with grim news Monday, as the province shuttered the program to pave the way for the federal Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). Many are frustrated after spending weeks trying to get approved through the province’s online application, only to see it…

TORONTO — Ontario will run out of personal protective equipment for health-care workers in one week, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, as he and other top officials pressed the United States to ease restrictions on cross-border shipments. A combination of delays in global shipments and the White House compelling U.S. manufacturers of equipment such as masks…