January 2021 – Page 8

A former Boeing manager says more investigations are needed on the plane, grounded after two crashes.

Animals

By Theo LeggettBusiness correspondent, BBC News A former senior manager at Boeing’s 737 plant in Seattle has raised new concernsRead More

Doctors applaud the start of rapid test use in long-term care homes but say the tests should also be used as part of the safe reopening of schools in high community transmission areas.

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Health

Improved access and quicker turnaround times for COVID-19 testing are essential if schools in Ontario’s hardest-hit regions are to open againRead More

It’s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada’s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.

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Motor

It’s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada’s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdownRead More

A COVID-19 outbreak at Saint-Jérôme prison near Montreal has health authorities scrambling to test and treat both inmates and staff. At least 45 inmates and 17 workers have tested positive so far.

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Opinion

Can you tell the difference? Pot-laced edibles made to look like children’s candy are leading to a spike in poisonings, raising questions about why the illegal websites are allowed to sell them.

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Business

Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed toRead More

It’s been a decade since Egyptians dared to disrupt the status quo of living in a police state. But 10 years after the protests in Tahrir Square, many Egyptians view them as naive or misguided, writes Nahlah Ayed.

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Opinion

It’s been one cruel decade since Egyptians dared to disrupt the status quo of living in a suffocating police state.Read More

A team of international astronomers has discovered that a previously known planet is part of a group of exoplanets referred to as “super puffs,” and it is teaching us that we still have a lot to learn about planetary formation.

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Europe

Roughly 212 light years away in the Virgo constellation lies a super-large exoplanet that has astronomers revising their theory ofRead More

As Canadians, we shouldn’t be so naive as to believe that what was seen in the viral video of the confrontation in a New York City hotel was unique to our neighbour to the south, writes Phillip Dwight Morgan.

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Lifestyle

This column is an opinion by Phillip Dwight Morgan, a Toronto-based freelance writer of Jamaican heritage. He is a director ofRead More

‘Net zero’ is a popular goal these days for those looking to reduce their carbon footprint, usually with a timeline decades in the future. Now, a pair of Alberta companies claim they’re using carbon capture technology to reach “negative” emissions by storing …

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Business

Banks, grocery stores, soda pop makers it seems like every day, another company is pledging to become a “net-zero” emitter of greenhouse gasesRead More

Comedian Jim Carrey has been criticised for a cartoon of Melania Trump, with some saying it is “anti-female” and bullying.

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Design

AFP Republican lawmakers signalled Sunday that Democrats will have a fight on their hands to secure the conviction of DonaldRead More