December 31, 2021 (Bracebridge, ON) — This week five (5) staff members at The Pines Long Term Care Home (the Pines) tested positive for COVID-19, and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has placed the Home under outbreak status. All staff who tested positive are symptomatic and are isolating at […]
Year: 2021
Thousands of people left messages on the social media account of the late Chinese COVID-19 whistleblower Li Wenliang on the anniversary of the day he learned of possible pneumonia-causing virus cases in Wuhan and shared the information with fellow doctors. On Dec. 30, 2019, Li, an ophthalmologist at a hospital […]
Chinese bishops and religious leaders briefed senior Hong Kong Catholic clergymen on President Xi Jinping’s vision of religion with “Chinese characteristics” in an unprecedented meeting organised by the mainland’s representative office in the city, according to four clerics. The clerics who attended or had knowledge of the Oct 31 meeting […]
Within weeks, the Omicron variant has fueled thousands of new Covid-19 hospitalizations among US children, raising new concerns about how the many unvaccinated Americans under the age of 18 will fare in the new surge. The seven-day-average number of daily hospitalizations for children between Dec. 21 and Dec. 27 is […]
TORONTO — While travel agents have taken the brunt of the pandemic’s impact on the travel industry, the situation hasn’t been much better for suppliers. Estimates on losses for the global airline industry amid the pandemic are now in the neighbourhood of US$200 billion, and many were just getting the […]
TORONTO — Maureen Barnes-Smith wants to say a simple but very heartfelt “thank you” to Canadian travel agents. Barnes-Smith, well known to the trade as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Canada, Unique Vacations Canada Inc., an affiliate of Unique Travel Corp and worldwide representatives of Sandals Resorts and Beaches […]
No more munching, crunching and slurping at the movies in France: The country’s increasingly fraught fight against an unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections is putting a stop to eating and drinking at French cinemas, just as they show signs of recovering from the brutal economic bashing of lockdowns last year. […]