Author: Cole Hanson

Quebec will become one of the few places in the world to offer a fourth dose of the vaccine against COVID-19. • Read also: End of health emergency: Only a few decrees will remain in effect, Quebec promises • Read also: Moderna vaccine is approved for children The National Director of Public Health, Dr.s Luc Poelho is expected to announce next week that a booster dose will be given to “certain people at risk,” Health Minister Christian Duby said Thursday. The day before, he mentioned that the recommendation could apply to people over 80. A new vaccination campaign can take…

The director of the Maritime Authority in Panama, Nouriel Araoz, said on Wednesday that a Panamanian-flagged merchant ship sank by Russian missile fire in the Black Sea, and two other ships were damaged. He said the crew is fine and in good health. “We know that three (Panama) boats were attacked by Russian missiles. He added that one of these ships “sink, and two are floating on his feet, but they sustained material damage.” The “Russian Navy” bans 200 to 300 ships from different countries from “leaving the Black Sea,” the director of the Panamanian Maritime Authority denounced. He said…

With the bill to end the health emergency, which was introduced on Wednesday, Legault’s government will retain several unusual powers, which it will phase out until the end of the year. • Read also – And here we are again: some countries have once again been hit by COVID-19 • Read also: COVID-19: Quebec records 11 additional deaths “We are in the process of ending the health emergency, but we need the bill to ensure a transition that I can describe as wise and responsible. […]’ summed up the Minister of Health, Christian Duby. Thus, the measures that were still…

The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office said that ten people queuing to buy bread were killed Wednesday morning by Russian fire in Chernigov, northern Ukraine. • Read also: direct | Russian strikes continue • Read also: Closing Ukrainian airspace: an effective solution? • Read also: Several dead in Russian raid on civilians fleeing Mariupol “At ten in the morning, Russian soldiers shot people queuing to buy bread near a grocery store in a residential area of ​​Chernigov. According to an initial report, 10 civilians were killed,” the prosecutor said in a statement. The source added, that an investigation had been opened into…

(Washington) Americans may have brought their watches for the last time. The Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to permanently abandon winter time and make daylight saving time permanent. Can Canada follow suit? Updated yesterday at 11:49 PM. Alice Gerard Boss Journalism “Changing the clock is an outdated concept that causes frustration and confusion. It’s just stupid, there’s no other way to put it,” said Florida Senator Marco Rubio, author of the bill. On the East Coast, where night falls around 4:15 p.m. in December, Sheldon Whitehouse, a senator from Rhode Island, also pleaded that winter time “makes our lives dark,…

Did the Americans end their hours for the last time? The Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to permanently abandon winter time and make daylight saving time permanent. • Read also: Time change: one hour less sleep, one hour more sunshine “Changing the clock is an outdated concept that causes frustration and confusion. It is just stupid, there is no other way to put it,” said Senator Marco Rubio, author of the bill. In Circulation Tuesday, the elected official from Florida drew a direct causal link between the time changes and the increase in “heart attacks and car accidents.” Daylight saving…

China, which stood out thanks to its “zero COVID-19” strategy, is now facing a powerful wave caused by the Omicron variant. Experts say the sudden increase in the number of cases may be caused by the country’s “low immunization level”. Updated at 0:00 Alice Gerard Boss Journalism China on Tuesday reported 5,280 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the highest toll since the first epidemic wave in early 2020. A staggering number of cases in the country with a “zero COVID-19” policy in response to the epidemic. “Despite the measures we’ve taken, we were surprised in Quebec by…

(Washington) The Ever Forward, a huge container ship belonging to the same tanker that shut down the Suez Canal a year ago, ran aground on the east coast of the United States Sunday night, a-we learned Monday from the port of Baltimore. Posted yesterday at 10:46 PM. “The container ship Ever Forward ran aground Sunday evening after leaving the port of Baltimore,” William Doyle, director of the Maryland Ports Authority, said in a statement sent to AFP. This 344-meter boat, enclosed near a canal in the Chesapeake Bay, at the exit of Baltimore Harbor, “does not prevent other ships from…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the Canadian Parliament on Tuesday via video link. • Read also: Ukraine calls for Russia’s expulsion from the Council of Europe • Read also: Nearly 150,000 people have been evacuated through humanitarian corridors Last Thursday, Ajax MP and Head of Government in the House of Commons, Mark Holland, specified that the speech should take place at around 11:15 am. “This will be an opportunity for Canadians to hear directly from President Zelensky about the urgent and dangerous situation facing the Ukrainian people,” he wrote in a letter. Besides Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, other party…

Hundreds of Taiwan’s army reservists took part in exercises Monday, after the president called for the island’s “unity”, amid fears Beijing could retake the island by force after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. • Read also: direct | The nineteenth day of the Russian invasion In the past year, Taiwan stepped up training of reservists amid rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei. China claims the autonomous, democratic island as part of its territory and has vowed to take it back one day by force if necessary. About 400 reservists took part in Monday’s shooting exercises as part of a program to…