Author Archives:
ROTHENBURGER: Nothing like a night in the ER to make us appreciate our health care
IF YOU HAPPENED to spend the night on a gurney in the Emergency Department hallway recently, you would have gotten a pretty good idea of the challenges faced by our healthcare workers 24/7.The first c...
Feb 20, 2021
Women's groups in Yukon disappointed 'unfounded' sex assault project terminated
Women's groups are angry that talks meant to revive a committee reviewing unresolved sexual assault complaints in Yukon have ended before its findings could be presented. A report outlining how Mounti...
Feb 20, 2021
Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under '699' clause
OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury...
Feb 20, 2021
Hand-holding but no hugs: UK OKs some nursing home visits
LONDON - The British government announced a small step out of the nation's lockdown on Saturday - allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors. Residents...
Feb 20, 2021
Nine Algonquin nations reject Ottawa land project labeled as "reconciliation" effort
OTTAWA - Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council ...
Feb 20, 2021
Moscow court rejects opposition leader Navalny's appeal
MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Saturday rejected Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence, even as the country faced a top European rights court's order to free the Kr...
Feb 20, 2021
UK urges UN resolution for pause in conflicts for virus jabs
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Britain circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a "sustained humanitarian pause" to enable pe...
Feb 20, 2021
Powdering sleeping beauty's nose: Virus eases Louvre works
PARIS - The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors. As she stares out through bulletproof glass into the silent ...
Feb 20, 2021
Extreme weather testing Biden's disaster management skills
WASHINGTON - Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate. A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after wi...
Feb 20, 2021
Thailand's prime minister survives no-confidence vote
BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha survived a no-confidence vote Saturday in parliament amid allegations that his government mismanaged the economy, bungled the provision of COVID-1...
Feb 20, 2021
