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Joe Rogan confronts Gavin Newsom with 'tough' questions on pandemic record
California Gov. Gavin Newsom faced challenging questions from podcaster Joe Rogan about California's pandemic policies in a ...
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Life expectancy didn't return to baseline after COVID pandemic, data suggest
While people living in the lowest-income census tract quartile (Q1) lost more life expectancy than the highest-income group ...
US tariffs could have pandemic-like hit on planemaker Embraer, CEO says
The 50% tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose on Brazilian exports starting in August could have an impact ...
Pandemic-era $25M class-action suit against Calgary care home paused as similar cases proceed first
A proposed $25-million class-action lawsuit against a Calgary continuing care home related to its COVID-era operations has ...
How a Dispute Over COVID-19 Protocols Led a 7‑Eleven Security Guard to Kill a Customer
A security guard who was convicted of fatally shooting a customer outside a 7-Eleven convenience store in Las Vegas five ...
Obesity in Canada jumped almost 8% after onset of pandemic: CMAJ study
In 2023, 32.69 per cent of adults in Canada (10.6 million people) were overweight with a Body-Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or ...
Obesity rates increased after start of COVID-19 pandemic, new study shows
Obesity rates in the country increased faster in the four years after the onset of COVID compared with the prior 11 years, ...
US tariffs on Brazil could hit Embraer revenue like COVID-19, says CEO
The 50% tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose on Brazilian exports starting in August could have an impact ...
Pioneer Square sees uptick in tourism since pandemic
Seattle tourism officials say the number of Emerald City visitors is slowly on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada’s obesity rate grew faster after COVID-19 pandemic with women and young adults impacted more, study finds
The annual increase in Canada’s obesity rate doubled to an average of just over one per cent coming out of the pandemic, with ...
New York lost many construction jobs during the pandemic — and still hasn’t recovered: report
New York has failed to recover all the construction jobs lost during the COViD-19 pandemic, in large part because of less ...
US tariffs could have pandemic-like impact on planemaker Embraer, CEO says
The 50% tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose on Brazilian exports starting in August could hammer the revenue of planemaker Embraer like the COVID-19 pandemic did, its CEO warned on ...