Crowd Of Unmasked Partygoers Flooded Vancouver's Granville Street On Halloween
Vancouver police say they are disappointed after social media posts showed downtown streets crowded with party-goers on Halloween night, apparently flouting COVID-19 safety protocols. Spokesman Const. Jason Doucette says it wasn’t possible to try to disperse the alcohol-fuelled crowd or issue tickets due to a number of factors. He says the number of people…
China Is Winning The Pandemic Economy
As vast tracts of the developed world grapple with a second wave of COVID-19, life in China is returning to normal, and the country is on track to do what virtually no other country will achieve this year: Grow its economy amid the pandemic. China’s economy was 4.9 per cent larger in the July-September period…
Canada Has Hit A Historic Milestone In Female Political Representation
Canada’s parliament has hit a historic milestone in female political representation. For the first time ever, 100 members of parliament in the House of Commons are women. The 2019 federal election sent an already-unprecedented 98 women to the House. The addition of two female MPs in recent Toronto byelections brought the total number to 100.…
Hawaii Protest Declares Anti-GMO 'Tsunami' is Here
Braving heavy rains, roughly one thousand Hawaiians traveled to the town of Hale‘iwa on the North Shore of Oahu Sunday to take part in a march against Monsanto, adding their support to the growing “tsunami” against genetically modified (GM) crops. The Aloha Aina (or “Love of the Land”) March, organized by a number of environmental…
Suspect, 2 Victims Identified In Deadly Quebec City Stabbing Attack
QUEBEC — Residents of Quebec’s picturesque capital grappled with grief and shock on Sunday as they mourned the deaths of a beloved neighbourhood hairdresser and a well-respected museum employee slain in what police describe as a deliberate sword attack targeting random strangers. Impromptu vigils and makeshift memorials sprang up near the stretch of Old Quebec…
Canada’s House Prices Are Soaring Because Reality Doesn’t Matter Anymore To Things Like That
Many people have been scratching their heads lately trying to understand how it is that Canada’s average house price jumped more than 17 per cent during the worst economic crisis to hit the world in decades. On its face, it seems senseless. There is an answer, but to get to it, you have to learn…
Canadians Trust Neighbours To Follow COVID-19 Rules. Americans, Not So Much.
Canadians are more confident and less stressed out than Americans when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19, according to a new poll. Half of Canadians said in an Angus Reid survey released Monday that they are confident their country will reverse its second wave of infections, compared to 42 per cent of Americans. …
Ontario Easing Up COVID-19 Restrictions Despite Record 1,050 Cases
OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will ease restrictions on the province’s COVID-19 hot spots, hours after health authorities reported a single-day record in new cases and in contrast with Quebec’s recent extension of “red-zone” measures. Ontario rolled out a new colour-coded system Tuesday that will determine when and to what extent coronavirus…
Domestic Drone Testing Coming to a State Near You
Public institutions in six states have been selected to test commercial drones as part of a Federal Aviation Administration plan to integrate thousands of commercial drones into U.S. airspace, the agency announced Monday. These testing sites will be run by publicly funded entities, including the University of Alaska, State of Nevada, New York’s Griffiss International…
Coal Chemical Spill Turns Tap Water Toxic in W. Virginia
West Viriginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has declared a state of emergency following a Thursday chemical leak at a coal industry facility along the Elk River, a source of drinking water for nine counties and hundreds of thousands of people. The toxin reportedly spilled, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, is used to process coal. Though not cited as…