Pandemic

MONTREAL — The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal's public health director said Tuesday.  Mylène Drouin presented a report on the city's COVID-19 management that includes 11 recommendations to help it respond to future…

The wide range in socio-economic profiles meant that many neighbourhoods and citizens were more adversely affected by COVID-19. Montreal’s public health director, Mylène Drouin, has been at odds with some of the mandates coming from Quebec’s public health department, in particular when the province decided it would impose a second…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Academics from the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) collaborated with researchers from the Indo-Pacific to examine the risks related to economic hardship and food insecurity that women in the region experienced during the first and second years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Center for International Agricultural…

Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. By Laura Osman and Nojoud Al MalleesThe Canadian Press Mon., Nov. 14, 2022timer3 min. read OTTAWA - It’s time for Canadians to find out how…

The skyrocketing number of vehicle thefts that began during the pandemic show no signs of slowing.By Kevin DonovanChief Investigative Reporter Mon., Nov. 14, 2022timer4 min. read Do you drive a Honda CR-V, Lexus RX or a Ford F-150 pickup truck? Better look out the window and make sure it’s still…

A top-level overhaul at Fosun Group’s tourism unit leads this week’s collection of personnel moves from around the region, as the struggling company works to rebuild after the pandemic punished many of its businesses and with its parent company struggling for solvency. M&G Real Estate also makes the list with…

TORONTO (AP) — Radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges — with exceptions on the travel front and almost all in Canadian markets. Radio broadcast crews for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks are…

The pandemic and ‘ The Little Prince’   IT’S THE SMALL THINGS ALEX M. EDUQUE Just recently, I re-read one of, if not my favorite book: the timeless classic, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. What is most fascinating about this allegory I find is that every single time I…

TORONTO — Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges. TORONTO — Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after…

In Guangdong province, there were a total of 289 symptomatic cases and 2,358 asymptomatic cases.  Guangzhou has reported 2,583 new cases of COVID-19, 225 of which were symptomatic and 2,358 of which are asymptomatic.  Cases in the provincial capital have increased by 28 from the day previous, but yesterday's numbers…