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Pandemic Aesthetics: art in response to COVID-19
When disasters strike, scientists and emergency workers are at the front of the response. But when the world needs to record, memorialize, and interpret the emotions of the experience, it turns to art...
Feb 28, 2021
Vaccine tourism is both unethical and bad for business, experts say
Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue. Their comments came after the head...
Feb 28, 2021
Alberta's Walker into Hearts semifinal with 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jones
CALGARY - Alberta's Laura Walker advanced to the semifinal of the Canadian women's curling championship with a 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in Sunday's tiebreaker game. Walker faces defendin...
Feb 28, 2021
Alberta's Walker into Hearts semifinal with 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jones
CALGARY - Alberta's Laura Walker advanced to the semifinal of the Canadian women's curling championship with a 9-8 win over Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in Sunday's tiebreaker game. Walker faces defendin...
Feb 28, 2021
Toronto Raptors game against Chicago postponed due to COVID-19 cases
NEW YORK - The Toronto Raptors' COVID-19 troubles have worsened. The NBA called off Toronto's game against the visiting Chicago Bulls on Sunday night due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The l...
Feb 28, 2021
Vaccine tourism is both unethical and bad for business, experts say
Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue. Their comments came after the head...
Feb 28, 2021
Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaul...
Feb 28, 2021
Let 'er buck: Study suggests horses learn from rodeo experience, grow calmer
CALGARY - Rodeo fans love the thrill of a bronc exploding into the ring, cowboy temporarily aboard. How the horse feels about it hasn't been so clear. Newly published research out of the University of...
Feb 28, 2021
Gummed-up bills in House of Commons: harbinger of a federal election?
OTTAWA - All federal party leaders maintain they don't want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justif...
Feb 28, 2021
Inuit midwives say they left after experiencing years of mistreatment
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from t...
Feb 28, 2021