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While TV, radio and print interviews have contributed to new-found fame for some doctors amid the pandemic, others have seen their popularity soar because of their social media presence.
Dr. Ilan Schwartz thought the joke he tweeted in July about the ineffectiveness of a COVID-19 treatment would maybe garner a few laughs among his fellow infectious disease colleagues. When the tweet went viral, amassing 30,000 retweets, 110,000 likes and ballooning his social media following overnight, the University of Alberta researcher was astounded. “It wasn’t […]
Restaurant, bar owners have mixed feelings about vaccine passports Vaccine passports — physical or digital documentation offering proof of immunization against COVID-19 — have been touted as a way to reopen the economy. A restaurant and a bar owner say that while they support the idea in principle, any approach must be equitable. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 14, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 14 A restaurant and a bar owner tell Cross Country Checkup that while they support using vaccine passports as a step to reopening the economy, any approach must be equitable.(Paul...
TORONTO -- Nearly one year since the World Health Organization started referring to COVID-19 as a pandemic, the daily new case numbers have lost meaning for many Canadians. On March 17, 2020, Ontario and Alberta declared states of emergency. By March 20, when B.C., Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Manitoba also declared states of emergency, Canada had a total of 215 new cases of COVID-19, with a 7-day average of 127 cases. 11 months later, on Feb. 25, 2021, Canada added 3,094 cases with a 7-day average of 2,961. Since then, the numbers have lost meaning for many. University of Toronto ...
Tiny shelter builder Khaleel Seivwright asks Toronto to drop legal action against him Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. "The City of Toronto has a housing crisis. This pandemic has made it worse," Seivwright starts off, facing the camera directly."With winter approaching, I knew that without shelter people would die, as they do in Toronto every year. I started building tiny shelters so that some of the most vulnerable could have somewhere warm to go." "This is only a distraction. The problem is not the ti...