As I read the many pages of our districts return-to-school plans, I only had two questions in mind: How will you know if somebody has the coronavirus? and Assuming that the virus makes it into the school, because it will, how will you make sure that it doesnt get transmitted…
A female is dead and a male is being transported to a local hospital after shots were fired at a home in Brampton Tuesday afternoon. Peel police were called to a home in the Deerpark Crescent and Fairglen Avenue area just before 2:30 p.m. for a shooting. Officers found the…
Despite being told for months that the novel coronavirus is unlike anything weve dealt with in modern times, its still tempting for us to think of it in terms of influenza. (Even though theyre definitely not the same thing.) This makes sense because were familiar with the flu, and with…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s chief public health officer warned on Tuesday that Canadians could face tighter health restrictions again as COVID-19 case numbers creep higher, particularly in the West. Theresa Tam told reporters that as businesses and social spaces reopen, Canadians must still follow guidelines on social distancing and avoiding…
The CIIs Young Indians (Yi) unit in Puducherry teamed up with Josco Ventures to donate a Corona Oven apiece to JIPMER and IGMCRI, the designated COVID hospitals in the city. These ovens, which are actually UV chambers which heat up to 360 degrees, facilitate rapid sterilisation and decentralised disinfection in…
With nearly every awards show the question of diversity pops up: #OscarsSoWhite continues to be a yearly refrain, but where the Emmys are concerned, things look better in 2020. (Or, at least, more pigmented.) Of the 24 nominations in series lead acting categories, seven went to Black actors and actresses…
Life for the perpetually online: you rise from slumber, rub the sleep from your eyes, take a deep sigh, grab your phone, pop open Twitter, and, “What the… ‘demon sperm’ is trending?” At least, that was life on Tuesday for those of us who spend too much time on Twitter.…
While 2020 threw movies into chaos, television and particularly streaming thrived on people around the world staying home. Despite ongoing delays in production and a delay in deadlines, the 2020 Emmys will proceed as scheduled. Leslie Jones, Laverne Cox, Tatiana Maslany, and Josh Gad announced the nominees Tuesday morning virtually,…
As usual for Aero laptops, the Aero 17 HDR has tons of ports, including an SD UHS II (but not UHS III) card reader, three USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A ports, ethernet, microphone, headphone, HDMI, USB-C/Thunderbolt 3, mini DP1.4 and HDMI 2.0. They’re all positioned toward the front of the…