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There’s been a number of calls to action to the provincial government at the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Whistler this week, from hiring more doctors to putting more resources into mental health services But one of the loudest and most repeated messages has also been one of …
Read More »Municipal leaders in B.C. urge province to move faster on police reform
Local politicians across British Columbia urged the provincial government on Monday to start moving on reforms to policing after consultations that began more than two years ago but have yet to yield any concrete action. “I believe the provincial government has failed us,” said Kamloops Coun. Mike O’Reilly at an event …
Read More »A year after the fall of Kabul, Canadian veterans urge Ottawa not to abandon Afghans trying to flee
It’s been one year since Kabul fell to the Taliban after American and allied troops — including Canadians — left the country. Video footage showed Afghans streaming onto the tarmac at the Kabul airport, desperate to escape, as a U.S. air force plane took off. Some fell to their death trying to hold …
Read More »B.C.’s biggest wildfires largely stable overnight, but officials urge caution
Officials are urging British Columbians to be mindful of the wildfire risk, even as the biggest fires in the province remained stable overnight. The most concerning fire in the province remains the Keremeos Creek wildfire, 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton, in the southern Interior. It has resulted in 25 properties …
Read More »Protesters urge Canada to ‘be brave like Ukraine,’ stick to sanctions in turbine strife
Protesters on Parliament Hill called on Canada to “be brave like Ukraine” Sunday and uphold economic sanctions against Russia, just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered essentially the same message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a phone call between the leaders, Zelenskyy told Trudeau that his stance on …
Read More »Nunavut hunters urge Baffinland mine to stop icebreaking, citing narwhal decline
Nunavut hunters and environmental groups say shipping activity from Baffinland’s Mary River mine is having a real and potentially lasting effect on narwhal numbers in the area. They’re calling on the mining company to, again, alter its shipping plans this year as a precaution. In a letter to Nunavut regulators last week, the Pond …
Read More »Mistakes Of 2021 Being Repeated, Doctors Warn Govt. Urge To End ‘Irrational’ Medication
New Delhi: In a letter addressed to Union as well as state governments, as many as 32 prominent doctors from India and abroad have warned about “inappropriate” diagnostic methods and medications being used to deal with the current wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. The doctors, in the letter, cautioned that …
Read More »Hong Kong researchers urge third COVID-19 shot after new Omicron study, Health News, ET HealthWorld
HONG KONG: Researchers in Hong Kong have urged people to get a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, after a study showed insufficient antibodies were generated by the Sinovac and BioNTech products to fend off Omicron. Tuesday’s release of the results of a study by scientists in …
Read More »pfizer covid vaccine: Researchers urge delay in administering second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, cite strong data
Two Canada-based researchers on Wednesday urged governments to delay administering the second dose of Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, which they said had an efficacy of 92.6% after the first dose, as it was not significantly beneficial in the short term. Danuta Skowronski and Gaston De Serres said their findings were derived …
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