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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jun 30, 2023
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Sep 16, 2022
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, thousands of children swallow objects not suited for human consumption with no other option but to wait for time - and the digestive system - to...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Apr 08, 2022
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...
Sheldon Spackman Apr 05, 2022
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...
Mar 17, 2022
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Bestie and I are at it again –  this time we decided to do a 22 Day Challenge to honour 2022. The idea is to do action items for 22 days in a row. Personally, I love the chemical rush of ch...
Stephanie Staples Jan 18, 2022
Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...
Sheldon Spackman Jan 04, 2022
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Sheldon Spackman Dec 20, 2021