Pandemic

A pastor in B.C.’s Interior who challenged a $2,300 violation ticket for holding a public gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic had his appeal dismissed this week. In a decision posted on April 26, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Pastor Arthur Charles Lucier of Kelowna Harvest Church had indeed…

Language for post-pandemic telework should be enshrined in contracts for Canada's 150,000 striking federal civil servants, say their union, with workers arguing it's good for the environment, their own well-being and the public they serve. Employees with Canada's largest public sector union are in their second week of a nationwide walkout to back…

Unprecedented — The cause is unclear, but climate change and the pandemic likely played roles. Beth Mole - Apr 27, 2023 6:26 pm UTC Enlarge / Eddie Robles drives a Maricopa County Vector Control fogging truck through a neighborhood August 4, 2004, in Tempe, Arizona. Areas known to have high…

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. on Thursday reported that its overall revenue rose 13 percent to $2.05 billion for the quarter ended March 31.  The company also posted an adjusted quarterly net income of 39 cents per share, compared with Refinitiv IBES estimates of 21 cents. Demand for rentals remains strong as…

The scientist whose pioneering research led to the creation of covid vaccines and who is often described as “covid’s forgotten hero” insists that healthcare workers were the real heroes of the pandemic. Katalin Karikó also dismissed the claims of covid deniers and anti-vaxxers, pointing out that much of the “fake…

A mother accused of killing her three-year-old son through religious fasting told police she had “locked herself away” during the Covid-19 pandemic. Olabisi Abubakar, 42, from Cardiff, is on trial charged with manslaughter and two counts of child cruelty relating to the death of Taiwo Abubakar. Cardiff Crown Court heard…

Washington —  The United States on Monday sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the U.S.-Mexico border. "On April 24, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resumed normal removals…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), among others, announced on Monday that they are joining forces with international partners in new efforts to vaccinate millions of children and make up for immunizations lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tagged ‘The Big Catch-up’,…

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska —  Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited months for food stamp benefits, exacerbating a long-standing hunger crisis worsened by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon that wiped out stockpiles of fish and fishing equipment. The backlog, which began last August,…

Credit: Jay Bendt Like many people, I was introduced to telehealth during the pandemic. I met with my psychiatrist virtually, settling onto my couch instead of hers for our sessions. But those appointments required only a conversation. It made sense that psychotherapy easily made a switch to the online world.…