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A funny thing happened during the depths of the pandemic: a plurality of Canadians felt their governments were having a positive impact on peoples’ lives. It didn’t last. But perhaps governments should be thinking hard now about how they can engender such good feelings, even outside of moments of profound …
Read More »Pandemic hiatus leaves some young athletes with 2 left feet
From baseball to dancing, fencing to soccer, some children are taking a little bit longer to get back into the groove of sports as they come out of a pandemic hiatus. That may look like a clumsy dribble or two, more frequent “catch your breath” breaks, and awkward social interactions. Instructors across …
Read More »Why TikTok dads are hitting heartstrings during the pandemic
Summer Clayton is asking about your day. “Tell me one good thing that happened, and one challenging thing. Start with the good thing.” Clayton, who uses the handle @yourprouddad, is talking to his 2.8 million TikTok followers, and this is one of the enormously popular offerings in his Dinner with …
Read More »‘Not alone’: Thousands attend 1st in-person Winnipeg Pride Parade since pandemic
Thousands of people gathered in and around Winnipeg’s downtown on Sunday to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in the province, the first in-person Pride Parade since before the pandemic. Chloe Minkley celebrated their first in-person Pride Parade since they came out as pansexual in 2019 and eventually as genderqueer. “It means a lot …
Read More »Why the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t a bigger factor in the Ontario election campaign
You may have figured a global pandemic that upended Ontario businesses, schools and health care for two years, infected millions and led to the deaths of 13,000 people would totally dominate the provincial election campaign. But you’d be wrong. While PC Leader Doug Ford’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during …
Read More »More Canadians could face late-stage cancer tied to diagnosis delays during COVID pandemic
It all started with a stomach bug. That’s what Cheryl-Anne Labrador-Summers thought, anyway. It was October 2020, not long after she’d moved to the tranquil lakeside Ontario community of Georgina, and instead of relaxing with her family like she’d planned, the mother of three was struggling to figure out why …
Read More »After a pandemic renaissance, Canada’s drive-ins still have stories to tell
In Flin-Flon, Man., home of Canada’s northernmost drive-in theatre, it can take a while for the sun to go down in the summer months. “Our movies start so late because of the daylight in June. We’ll be starting at 11:00 at night,” said Dawn Hlady, co-owner of Big Island Drive-in. The late …
Read More »North Korea confirms a COVID-19 case for 1st time during pandemic
North Korea announced its first coronavirus infection more than two years into the pandemic Thursday as leader Kim Jong-un called for raising COVID-19 preventive measures to maximum levels. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Thursday tests from an unspecified number of people with fevers in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that …
Read More »Apple Cuts IPad Production By 50% To Supply Chips To IPhone 13 Due To Global Chipset Shortage And Covid Pandemic
New Delhi: Apple has cut the production of the iPad by 50 per cent in the past two months in the wake of the supply crunch of chipsets globally. The iPhone maker is slashing production of the iPads to feed components to the newly launched iPhone 13. According to a …
Read More »Pandemic forced lakhs to seek mental health support in Maharashtra, Health News, ET HealthWorld
MUMBAI: The Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on mental health led a record number of people—3.5 lakh—to seek counselling and treatment from the public health system in Maharashtra in 2020-21. In Mumbai, another 80,000 people have called up BMC-Mpower helpline for Covid-related grief since April 2020. “In 2020, we counselled …
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