The NFL playoffs are about to get real
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Why foreigners are leaving China, Singapore’s S. Iswaran resigns, Cathay Pacific’s new hires: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
Hong Kong has rebounded in liveability rankings for expatriates from Asia but is still way behind where it was a decade ago, according to an annual survey. 3. Singapore minister …
Coachella’s Canadians: AP Dhillon, Nav, Grimes, Blond:ish featured on 2024 lineup
Music festival Coachella has announced their 2024 lineup, which includes Canadian acts Nav, AP Dhillon, Grimes and Blond:ish. It’s not the first time for all but one of the Canadian …
Businesses need to pay CEBA loans or lose free money — because the deadline isn’t changing
Some businesses in Canada who took out a CEBA loan may be hoping in vain for a last-minute reprieve and one more chance at free money from the federal government, …
Aggressive, often deadly form of strep hits record-high case numbers in Canada
Canada is seeing a record number of cases of invasive Group A strep, a bacterial infection that kills roughly one in 10 people who contract it, according to data obtained by …
Over-capacity ERs are dangerous choke points. But hospital challenges go far deeper
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Spring vaccine dose suggested to protect seniors in Canada from severe COVID
People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, Canada’s advisory body on immunizations said Friday. The National …
Alberta reviewing seniors’ lodge program as vacancies threaten future of some buildings
Seven years ago, Stanley Much left his one-bedroom apartment on a busy Edmonton street to move into a seniors’ lodge in the village of Holden, about 100 kilometres southeast of …
Colorado can expect more COVID, respiratory illness in near future
Colorado likely will experience a rise in COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses in the coming weeks, but the state isn’t expected to see major challenges to health care capacity. Nationwide, …
North Korea to allow Russian tourists in February – first foreign travellers since Covid-19 pandemic
North Korea is set to allow the first group of tourists to visit the country since it shut its borders at the start of the pandemic in 2020, in a …