TORONTO — Ontario entered its first stage of reopening many businesses Tuesday, even as the number of new COVID-19 cases rose and the province extended its emergency orders and shuttered schools until September. The official start to the province’s reopening plan included giving the green light to retailers, some sport and recreation facilities, vehicle dealerships, pet […]
TORONTO — Three for-profit companies that run Ontario long-term care homes have hired lobbyists with Conservative ties since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the provincial NDP revealed Wednesday. “Shortly after the first COVID outbreaks in Ontario that happened in nursing homes around March 24, private long-term care operators began to register to lobby the government, including […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting the House of Commons could resume business during the COVID-19 pandemic using a “hybrid” model, in which some MPs are physically in the chamber while others participate virtually. Trudeau suggested he is open to the idea Wednesday as the governing Liberals were in the midst of negotiations […]
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he has asked health officials to deliver a plan for expanded COVID-19 testing next week, after Ontario’s testing rates dropped in recent days and continue to lag well behind its capacity. Ford said he wants as many members of the public as possible to be tested, including people […]
WORCESTER, MA — Saint Vincent Hospital nurse Marlena Pellegrino is seeing the new coronavirus on the inside, and she’s seeing it on the outside. “This virus, this pandemic, is real,” she said Monday during a day off from work, admitting that at times she feels worn out. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my […]
NEW YORK CITY — High-ranking New York lawmakers and family members of people killed by the NYPD are asking the nation not support former mayor Micheal Bloomberg’s campaign for the presidency. Ninety New Yorkers of color — including Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, state Senator Julia Salazar and City Council Member Antonio Reynoso — signed a […]
Principale collecte annuelle de fonds pour la recherche avec le Téléthon, le Sidaction qui devait se dérouler du 2 au 5 avril, est annulé en raison de l’épidémie de coronavirus, a annoncé mercredi l’association. Le Sidaction qui devait se dérouler du 2 au 5 avril, est annulé en raison de l'épidémie de coronavirus “La santé […]
L’épidémie de grippe saisonnière poursuit son reflux en France métropolitaine, mais a déjà provoqué 72 morts. Depuis le 4 novembre 2019, 744 cas graves de grippe admis en réanimation en métropole ont été signalés, dont 47 la semaine dernière. L’agence sanitaire Santé publique France note, dans son bilan hebdomadaire publié mercredi, une “diminution de l’activité […]
Dans sa nouvelle campagne «The Unlimited Power of Beauty» Sephora prône l’acceptation de soi et se détache desdiktats de beauté. « C’est si puissant de se sentir belle ». Sephora dévoile sa nouvelle campagne publicitaire inspirante qui prône l’acceptation de soi. Ce court film réalisé par Jonas Lindstroem, directeur artistique réputé à l’origine de la dernière campagne […]
Face à l’intensification de l’épidémie causée par le coronavirus en Chine, la France renforce ses mesures de surveillance pour les personnes qui reviennent de ce pays, mais sur son sol, la situation s’améliore et certains des patients contaminés pourraient bientôt sortir de l’hôpital. Face à l'intensification de l'épidémie causée par le coronavirus en Chine, la […]