Pandemic

With lifeguards in short supply and the pandemic limiting swim lessons, a new drowning-prevention group in Ontario is looking to educate people heading to beaches about water safety. Briar McCaw and MaryKate Townsend started the Elgin County Drowning Prevention Coalition, working with organizations in the southwestern Ontario region, after noticing a gap…

From left: Brian Cunningham, Amanda Bacon, Aaron Jankelow, Katherine Koprowski, Han Keun Lee, Weijing Wang, Robert Stavins, and Enrique Valera. Bacon and Koprowski are holding the instrument and the cartridge, respectively. Credit: Julia Pollack As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic, detection methods that are rapid, simple, accurate, and sensitive are…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 1 locally transmitted COVID-19 case this morning, Friday, July 29. A further 6 local asymptomatic cases were also reported. Of the 1 new local case reported, 1 tested positive during central quarantine, while 0 tested positive during regular screening. Of the 6 new local asymptomatic…

The total value of compensation paid out in claims handled by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) fell by almost a quarter last year, as the impact of Covid-19 drove down the number of accidents, and was 43 per cent lower than in 2019. The agency, created to resolve claims…

CIC News > Latest News > Immigration > Express Entry > Canada temporarily making distance learning eligible for Express Entry points IRCC is recommending Express Entry candidates update their profiles by August 2 to benefit from a new measure to count online, out of Canada, and part-time studies for points.…

A day ahead of the Cupertino company disclosing AAPL earnings Q3 2022, analysts are expecting to see an end to the company’s pandemic-fuelled growth. As is the new normal, the company hasn’t issued any guidance for the fiscal quarter, given continuing supply disruption as China continues its COVID Zero policy…

Australia (26 July 2022): Finty.com, the popular financial comparison site, has just released their latest credit card keyword search statistics. Finty is best known for making it easier to compare financial products across banking, crypto, investing, and lending from 200+ partners. Their study of 110 randomly selected high-volume credit card-related…

Topline The good news for buyers is that there was a slight deceleration in home prices in May as higher interest rates continued to temper demand in the booming housing market, according to industry data released Tuesday, and experts say there's plenty of room for the downtrend to continue—particularly in…

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 4 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases this morning, Tuesday, July 26. A further 15 local asymptomatic cases were also reported. Of the 4 new local cases reported, 4 tested positive during central quarantine, while 0 tested positive during regular screening. Of the 15 new local asymptomatic…

Mandatory masking has been gone for a while now, but some small businesses still have masking-preferred policies. "We think it's the best way to keep our customers and our community at large safe and healthy. It puts less stress on our already overburdened health-care system," said Charles Foley, manager of A Second…