The private water utility provider at Canadian Lakeview Estates says a potable water truck is on site while a broken water main is dealt with. "Upon investigation, our crews discovered the break was at depth, and would require heavier equipment than was readily available. It would also require more thorough...
Apple Inc. will pay US$113 million to settle allegations by more than three dozen U.S. regulators that the company misled consumers about iPhone battery power and software updates that slowed the performance of the devices. The settlement was reached with 33 states and the District of Columbia, according to statements...
Ontario's health minister on Wednesday suggested Canada could start receiving millions of doses of COVID-19 as soon as January, providing a glimmer of hope on an otherwise dark day marked by rising cases and death counts in many provinces. Christine Elliott said in question period that the country is set...
A 67-million-year-old fossil pair known as "Dueling Dinosaurs" consists of a remarkably preserved T. rex alongside the bones of an equally intact Triceratops. For years, the skeletons languished in labs and warehouses as ranchers and paleontologists fought a legal battle over their ownership. On Tuesday, that fight ended: The North...
Signs of damage to multiple organs have been reported in young and previously healthy people with ongoing coronavirus symptoms four months after their initial infection, a British study has revealed. The Coverscan study aims to assess the long-term impact of Covid-19 on organ health in around 500 “low-risk” individuals, mainly...
While the vast majority of the hundreds of new COVID-19 cases being reported every day in B.C. are concentrated in Metro Vancouver, all five of the provincial health regions are contributing to the growing total. With British Columbians now in the middle of the pandemic's second wave, it is understandable...
Former “West Wing” star Richard Schiff says he has been hospitalized with Covid-19, while also revealing his wife is also struggling with the virus. Schiff, 65, who currently stars on ABC’s “The Good Doctor” with his wife, Sheila Kelley, tweeted an update on their conditions Monday. https://twitter.com/Richard_Schiff/status/1328373364382195718? “Covid update. Thank you all...
Spike Lee’s next project has been confirmed – and it’s a movie musical about the origins of Viagra, Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug. The movie is based on All Rise: The Untold Story of the Guys Who Launched Viagra, an Esquire article by David Kushner who’s on board as an executive...
PEOPLE INFECTED WITH the coronavirus could remain immune for years after their recovery, a new study suggests, offering news that could quell worries about waning immunity as potential vaccines are nearing availability. Scientists at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in California found that eight months after participants had been...
Most Canadians could be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of next year, Canada's deputy chief public health officer said today. In recent days, pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna have announced successful trials of their coronavirus vaccines. Dr. Howard Njoo said he is optimistic they can be approved by Health...