Month: October 2020

OTTAWA — The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to all non-essential travel until Nov. 21, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Monday morning, confirming a policy put in place in March to control the spread of COVID-19. The extension comes as the United States remains one of the worst affected countries in the world and is…

Long-term care homes in Ontario are dealing with severe staffing shortages and may not be ready to deal with a potential second wave of the pandemic, an independent commission has heard. A dearth of staff was one of the main reasons COVID-19 devastated nursing homes in the spring, the Ontario Long-Term Care Association told an…

Citing a peer reviewed scientific paper written over 40 years ago that clearly demonstrated the dangers of human-made carbon pollution and accurately predicted it would create a future of global warming, Dana Nuccitelli at the Guardian points out Thursday that “perhaps it’s about time that we start listening” to climate scientists. The paper, written by…

The Washington Post and the Guardian/US were both awarded one of journalism’s top honors on Monday—the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service— for their separate but related reporting on the NSA’s widespread surveillance documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill from the Guardian and the Washington Post’s Barton…

Thousands of demonstrators staging a peaceful protest at the McDonald’s headquarters were met by police in riot gear on Wednesday when the low-wage fast food workers and their supporters stormed the Illinois campus to say: “Make our Wage Supersize!” The protest was held on the eve of the fast food giant’s annual shareholder meeting at…

Sneakers! Today, they are comfortable shoes and a companion for every day life. You see them in every profession, in every social class and in every weather. A whole culture shapes this style and those who really love their sneakers never want to do without them. Not even now, when it is getting colder and…

Several helplines for women experiencing violence at home are reporting dramatic increases in calls since public health measures aimed at fighting the spread of COVID-19 came into effect last spring. The urgency and severity of many callers’ situations have also intensified, said Angela MacDougall, the executive director of Battered Women’s Support Services based in Vancouver.…

As Canada faces a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, an ugly reality is emerging: For some households, the pandemic means the prospect of financial ruin, while for others it means extra cash and soaring property values. In a report issued Wednesday, real estate brokerage Royal LePage said the shutdowns meant many earners have less…

HALIFAX — The chief of a Mi’kmaq First Nation says an angry group of non-Indigenous people damaged lobster pounds holding his people’s catch and burned a vehicle on Tuesday night.  Video being circulated on social media shows a van being set alight in West Pubnico, N.S., during one of the tense encounters. Chief Mike Sack…

Click:手机号微信检测 Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of France on Thursday against the far-right National Front party. The demonstrations followed Sunday’s landmark electoral win by the party, which the country’s Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls described as being “more than another warning; it’s a shock, an earthquake.” In addition to a protest of about…