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The City of Winnipeg has released recommendations for new short-term rental accommodation (STRA) regulations, and so far, reactions have been mixed. In a report released by the City, proposed regulations include limiting the number of nights tenants can stay, taxation, licensing, limitations on the number of properties an owner can …
Read More »Permanent speed limit drop recommended for neighbourhood greenway areas – Winnipeg
Several streets in Winnipeg considered a critical component of the city’s bike network, could be seeing permanent changes to the speed limit. In the summer of 2021, a pilot project dropped the speed limit to 30 kilometres an hour on four stretches of Winnipeg roads considered neighbourhood greenways: Eugenie Street …
Read More »Ontario sees 100K-plus waiting longer than recommended for surgery during pandemic
Ontario doubled the number of so-called “long-waiters” during the pandemic — patients whose surgeries have been delayed longer than their maximum clinical guidelines — according to figures obtained by Global News, leading to concerns about poorer medical outcomes. According to government documents, almost half of the patients on Ontario’s surgical …
Read More »COVID-19 boosters recommended for the fall, Canada’s vaccine advisory body says
People at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19 infection should be offered a booster shot this fall, regardless of how many boosters they’ve previously received, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said on Wednesday. That group includes everyone age 65 and older, NACI’s updated guidance said. Everyone else — age …
Read More »Recommended Reading: Tech CEOs are yearning to be visionaries again
The tech moguls are looking for a new playground Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic Mark Zuckerberg is building a metaverse. Jack Dorsey resigned from Twitter and is focused on blockchain and crypto. The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel argues that two of the biggest figures in online culture focusing their ambitions on “the …
Read More »FDA and CDC Lift Recommended Pause on Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine Use Following Thorough Safety Review
Following a thorough safety review, including two meetings of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the recommended pause regarding the use of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine in the …
Read More »Door-to-door survey to enroll students, relaxing detention norms recommended by Education Ministry, Health News, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: The Education Ministry has asked the states to conduct a door-to-door survey to identify out-of-school children and prepare an action plan for their enrolment as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially on migrants, according to officials. The ministry has also recommended relaxing …
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