Pandemic

Paramedics transfer patients to the emergency room triage but have no choice but to leave them in the hallway due to an at capacity emergency room at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Jan. 25.The Canadian Press Seven in 10 Canadians say access to health…

The next phase of the TV technology war is about to kick off, with South Korean giants - Samsung and LG – squaring off against each other, jostling for a place in Australian living rooms. The pandemic has driven a surge in TV upgrades and big-screen adoption, and arguably cemented…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 1 locally transmitted COVID-19 case and 2 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Saturday, September 3. All 3 cases tested positive during central quarantine. So enjoy your (wet?) weekend and we'll try not to bring you any bad news tomorrow. READ MORE: Super Typhoon Hinnamnor…

Many countries saw 18% excess deaths during the two years of the pandemic. There should have been a drop in excess deaths as we got COVID under control. More people who would have died this year from old age and natural causes died in the past 2 years from covid.…

Like most countries around the world, Hong Kong has been facing more than two years of Covid-19 outbreaks.  Coupled with a startling number of people who have left the city — many of whom we dearly miss — it would not be an overstatement to say that the past few…

FreedomFilmFest 2022 (FFF2022) will be back in action from Sept 9 to Sept 17 after a two-year absence to present 34 socially-themed films from around the globe that were produced right before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Films with varied and critical viewpoints on the Pandemik Dua Darjat or Pandemic…

Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned. Mirroring the increase in those reports is the disclosure…

Press Release - Sep 1, 2022 15:00 EDT BARRINGTON, Ill., September 1, 2022 (Newswire.com) - The United States Minority Contractors Association (USMCA) is hosting its 5th Annual Real Estate Investment and Economic Development virtual webinar Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2022, 5 pm to 7:30 pm.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/usmca-5th-annual-reied-webinar-tickets-399218953637?keep_tld=1 "There is an urgency and…

Thursday 01 September 2022 7:54 am Jet2’s summer seat sales outshine 2019 levels as package holidays boom Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’s summer sale seat capacity was 14 per cent higher than 2019 levels as the travel giant banks in on the post-pandemic rush. Executive chairman Philip Meeson told shareholders during Jet2’s AGM package…

The Bank of Canada, in Ottawa, on July 12.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press As the Bank of Canada tries to rein in red hot inflation, the central bank is engaging in another fight: one against misinformation. In recent weeks, the central bank has been using social media to engage the public…