Pandemic

A cyclist rides near the City of Ottawa bike traffic counter at Nanny Goat Hill. Photo by Spencer Colby /POSTMEDIA Article content Grant Burke left the federal public service a month ago, but still his former employer is putting him to work. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe…

Despite the sluggish economy, the average selling price per square metre of new condo units in Greater Bangkok during the first half of 2026 neared the level recorded in 2019, the second-highest on record after the 2018 peak. Surachet Kongcheep, head of research at property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Thailand,…

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Skip to main content The artist previously had to cancel three gigs in the capital city because of the Covid pandemic Elton John Ben Gibson/© 2023 HST Global Limited/Rocket Entertainment In July 2023, Elton John played the final stop of his farewell tour. But this fall, he’ll return to the…

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There is a pandemic happening in our hospitals. I wonder how many women this has happened to and what exactly is going on in our hospitals. It feels so unfair that we encourage the women we love to go to the hospital, believing they will be treated with dignity and…

Driven up by the ongoing affordability crisis, the national foreclosure rate reached its highest level in nearly seven years, with a handful of smaller markets, concentrated mostly in the South and Midwest, now claiming the greatest share of default listings in the U.S.  Although losing a home to foreclosure is…

As the national luxury market settles from its COVID-19 pandemic peak, more sellers are turning to auctions—offering an opening for the buyers who spent the boom getting outbid, priced out, or shut out of private deals. Platinum Luxury Auctions, a Miami-based firm specializing in multimillion-dollar properties, contracted 29 homes for…

Ghana has strengthened its readiness to respond to future public health emergencies through its participation in Exercise Polaris II, a global pandemic simulation exercise involving 26 countries across all six World Health Organization (WHO) regions. The exercise, the second in a series of international pandemic response simulations, was designed to…

In a typical year, scientists discover two or three viruses that have never been seen in people before. The number fluctuates, but the trend has been fairly steady since the 1960s. Most of these viruses attract little attention, and my colleagues and I have often had to search through old…