Pandemic

Alexa Mazzarello/The Globe and Mail In an alternate universe, you would know Chrystia Freeland only as a writer and journalist, as an eminent authority on Vladimir Putin and the oligarchs who feed off him, perhaps eventually as the editor-in-chief of this newspaper or the Financial Times. You would see her…

Feb. 22, 2022 -- The calls kept coming into the National Runaway Safeline during the pandemic: the desperate kids who wanted to bike away from home in the middle of the night, the isolated youths who felt suicidal, the teens whose parents had forced them out of the house. To…

How many people have been harmed by mandates or vaccines? In the past few months, a couple of concerning stories have emerged. Young, healthy people have suddenly died. Sarah Ann Mikesell, a 36-year-old graduate of Woodinville High School died suddenly at her apartment in Seattle according to an obituary. Jessica…

HONG KONG, Feb 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Champion Real Estate Investment Trust (stock code: 2778), the owner of Three Garden Road and Langham Place, announces its financial results for year ended 31 December 2021. Summary of financial resultsFY 2021 FY 2020 Change Total Rental Income (HK$ mil) 2,495…

The employment rate of graduates with first or higher degrees has risen in the coronavirus pandemic while falling among people with only a high-school diploma or lower. The employment market has recovered chiefly in industries with a high proportion of workers with higher education such as IT, finance and insurance,…

For the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, organizer of Asia’s largest content market, Filmart, the default mode in the pandemic era is to devise an array of contingency plans to ensure that the convention will proceed without a hitch no matter how the situation changes, Peggie Liu, associate director of…

Publishing date: Feb 20, 2022  •  3 hours ago  •  16 minute read The truckers occupation and protests continued its 23rd day in downtown Ottawa Saturday. Protesters and police clashed and people were arrested Saturday afternoon on Wellington Street. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa…

Publishing date: Feb 18, 2022  •  11 hours ago  •  21 minute read Protesters and police clashed and people were arrested Friday afternoon near Sussex Drive. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia The “Freedom Convoy” that converged in Ottawa on Jan. 28 began in response to the federal government’s move to require…

Coronavirus samples. In early January, my friend and Fox News superstar Greg Gutfeld announced that the COVID-19 pandemic would end on February 1st of this year. Not because Anthony Fauci or Joe Biden or the CDC would announce an end to the pandemic, but because average Americans all across the…

Ronaldo Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most popular footballer online in China for the fourth straight year. The 11th annual Red Card report by digital sports agency Mailman has found that the Premier League has continued to make waves in the Far East at a time…