We have seen encouraging signs but the spread is still high. Lets keep the momentum going by continuing to follow the current measures in place, as well as all other public health guidance. (3/3) Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) January 9, 2021 Lets keep the momentum going by continuing to follow…

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, royal officials said Saturday. Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old monarch and Philip, 99, received their jabs Saturday, joining some 1.5 million people in Britain who have been given a first…

It was an unprecedented and historic week in the United States as a mob of president Donald Trump’s supporters rioted on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and stormed the Capitol building, forcing Congress to evacuate and temporarily halting its symbolic certification of Joe Biden’s election as president. Digital archivists and…

HALIFAX – While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a tepid scandal involving a New Brunswick cabinet minister who drove to Nova Scotia. Not Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, Arizona,…

Parler Chief Executive John Matze said in a post on Friday that Apple was applying standards to Parler that it did not apply to itself. In a statement, Google said that for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious…

The mayor of Oakville says he did not object when he was informed that Haltons police chief intended to travel to Florida over the holidays to tend to a property matter. Chief Steve Tanner informed me in advance of his travel to tend to a property matter. I had no…

BRUSSELS – The European Commission said Friday it has secured 300 million extra doses of the coronavirus Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a move that could ease criticism that the EU’s executive arm has not done enough to procure coronavirus shots for the entire bloc. Speaking during a news conference in Brussels on…

Like many of you, I sat glued to all forms of media yesterday. I found that I couldnt get awayeven when Id try to wander off and do something else online, the underlying anxiety created by the once-in-a-lifetime storming of the U.S. Capitol kept bringing me back to the news.…

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TORONTO – A new report suggests there’s been an increase in the portrayals of people of colour in children’s animated television content in Canada in recent years. But Indigenous characters in the genre remain largely underrepresented, along with several other minority groups. The Examining Children’s Animated Television in Canada report…