Mouth wash test coming for school-aged children in British Columbia
By Hina Alam, The Canadian PressThu Sep 17 2020 20:28 VICTORIA — British Columbia is introducing a new saline gargle test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make COVID-19 testing easier for children and teenagers. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said B.C. is one of the first places in the world […]
Doctors, patient advocates say telemedicine spurred by pandemic is here to stay
By Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian PressThu Sep 17 2020 22:03 The arrival of COVID-19 has taken the concept of telemedicine from a pipe dream to a fixture across Ontario, with many doctors expressing the hope that the change is here to stay long beyond the pandemic. Patient advocates describe the shift as a double-edged sword, […]
‘Taken too soon, too violently,’ says woman whose husband, kids were shot dead
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian PressThu Sep 17 2020 16:47 A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont., said she and her surviving son are struggling to come to grips with the loss, and simply getting from one day to the next sometimes feels like […]
Horrors of slavery at centre of Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum’
By John Carucci, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Janelle Monae says she “felt so much rage and anger” when she stepped onto a former slave plantation for the first time to film the psychological thriller “Antebellum.” In the movie, set for release Friday, the pop star and actress plays a successful modern−day author that […]
