Dairy Farmers Dumping Milk As Demand Drops During COVID-19 Pandemic
Many Canadian dairy farmers are being asked to dump raw milk amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to a decline in overall demand for key dairy products. While grocery stores have seen sales of dairy products soar as consumers…
Mastercard, Visa Raise Tap Limits, And Stores Want Interac To Follow
TORONTO — Tapping to pay with a debit or credit card can make life a lot easier, especially when people are concerned about germs causing disease. Last week, Mastercard announced it was enabling higher limits for contactless transactions in response…
Canada Has Put Housing Markets On Life Support. Here’s What’s Happening.
MONTREAL ― When the COVID-19 lockdowns arrived last month, Canada’s central bank and top financial regulators didn’t wait to see whether the massive economic disruption would crash the housing market. They saw the first signs of trouble, and got busy…
Canadian Truck Drivers ‘Risk Everything’ Crossing Border During COVID-19 Pandemic
Click:textile defoamer The weeks-long trek from western Canada to the eastern seaboard is normally a piece of cake for veteran truck driver Gary Creelman. Seven years ago, Creelman was hauling fuel along Northwest Territories ice roads to tundra diamond mines.…
Canadian News Media In Trouble As Ad Revenues Plunge In COVID-19 Crisis
TORONTO ― The federal government needs to move quickly to support the Canadian news industry amid the economic downturn brought about by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an industry spokesman said Monday. Bob Cox, who is publisher of the…
NYC Jail Where Epstein Died Had 'Serious Irregularities,' AG Says
NEW YORK — “Serious irregularities” have been uncovered at the Manhattan jail where the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Monday. Speaking at a police conference in New Orleans, Barr fumed at the…
Cashier At Hazlet Costco Goes On Anti-Semitic Tirade, Suit Says
HAZLET, NJ — A cashier at the Hazlet Costco on Rt. 35 went on an anti-Semitic tirade in front of a customer, according to a lawsuit filed against Costco by that customer, a Middletown man. A copy of the lawsuit…
Don du sang/homosexuels : Schiappa assure que le gouvernement "veut mettre fin aux discriminations"
La secrétaire d’État à l’Égalité femmes-hommes, Marlène Schiappa, a affirmé samedi que " des homosexuels. En France, depuis la réforme du don du sang de juillet 2016, les homosexuels ne peuvent donner leur sang qu'après douze mois d'abstinence. Selon le…
A tous les âges, les enfants ont des apports trop élevés en sucre
Dans son expertise 2019, l’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation (Anses) alerte sur la consommation excessive de sucres chez les enfants et adolescents comme chez les nourrissons. Les principaux aliments incriminés : les biscuits et les boissons sucrées. Sommaire…
Cancer de la prostate : un test urinaire pour limiter les biopsies
Antonin Morillon, un chercheur français vient d’obtenir un financement pour le développement et l’application d’un test urinaire pour dépister le cancer de la prostate et limiter le recours aux biopsies invasives, douloureuses. Un test de dépistage du cancer de la…