Pandemic

Soaring food prices placed household budgets under strain, making healthier options even less attainable Photo by Postmedia Article content A new study published in the  Canadian Medical Association Journal  (CMAJ) confirms what many suspected: obesity rates in Canada have surged since the onset of the pandemic. Prior to 2020, the…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration said on July 18 that the United States was rejecting changes agreed in 2024 for the World Health Organisation on its pandemic response, saying they violated the country’s sovereignty. Mr Trump, after returning to office on Jan 20, immediately began his nation’s withdrawal from…

The United States has rejected an agreement adopted by members of the World Health Organisation to improve preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to Covid-19, the American government said on Friday. The State Department and Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement they had…

Though the COVID-19 pandemic put the world on pause, it never stopped the wheels of love from turning. Bibi and Ayobami are living proof — and it all began with a viral TikTok post! What Bibi thought was just another fun post on her social media turned out to be…

Parliament Hill reflected on the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa on Sept. 18, 2024. A new report blames the Trudeau government’s spending — less than Bank of Canada interest rate policies — for soaring inflation during the pandemic. Photo by David Kawai /Bloomberg Article content The Trudeau government’s spending…

Updated Beware: the people behind PuTTY, the renowned FOSS SSH client for Windows, are not the same people as those behind the PUTTY.ORG website. An unfolding controversy over the contents of a website that contained links to several different pieces of SSH-related software has escalated. At the time of writing, the…

Part of the original inspiration for Pokémon Go was about getting people out into the real world walking, exploring, and meeting one another as they collect, battle, and raid fictional gyms. But times have changed. There was a whole pandemic. Walking around your neighborhood to endlessly grind for new rewards…

For a film about an isolated, southern town that’s struggling through the Covid-19 pandemic, Ari Aster’s Eddington is shockingly funny. Even more surprising? The typically stoic Luke Grimes is the most hilarious actor in the movie. The 41-year-old Yellowstone star plays Guy, a police officer in Eddington under sheriff Joe…

A24 is known for its prestige arthouse films, but in its early days as a distributor, it made most of its money from elevated horror films like Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar. Over a decade in, the ambitions of A24 and Aster have expanded beyond genre film. But for both,…

Best Games Escape room games are becoming a thing lately, even on Android phones Left Arrow 0/24 Right Arrow Updated by Jupiter Hadley on July 17th, 2025  - Checked Games Running away from the reality of the current life, during this pandemic seems reasonable. This list of best escape room…