Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is developing a multi-faceted strategy to keep insects and the potentially dangerous viruses they can carry under control. One way local health authorities are doing this is by using drones. These drones are capable of transporting and dispersing larvicides to kill mosquitoes. The technology is supplied and operated by GDG Environnement. … Read more
Maurice Williams, singer of the group The Zodiacs whose famous ballad Stay will be one of the greatest musical successes, recently died at the age of 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, which did not provide further details at this time. A writer and … Read more
For one day, nine young people from Indigenous communities were able to visit the Peter Lougheed Hospital Center in Calgary, an initiative aimed at introducing them to careers related to the health system. On the program: cardiopulmonary resuscitation competition, handling of a respiratory simulator and even making plaster. Alberta Health Services’ initiative aims to encourage … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its highest level of global health alert in the face of a resurgence of monkeypox cases in Africa. Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in their view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, WHO Director-General Dr … Read more
Health Minister Christian Dubé has been in Abitibi-Témiscamingue since the beginning of the week. He has visited most of the major hospitals in the region. Mr. Dubé says he wants to thank the employees for the work that was done during the summer period. Christian Dubé believes that the goodwill of all has helped avoid … Read more
Venezuelan Parliament Speaker Jorge Rodriguez announced Monday that, in the wake of post-election unrest, the national assembly would vote on a series of laws including regulating social media and NGOs. Each country has its own model for dealing with the issue of social networks that infect society with anti-values, commented Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a … Read more
After eight years as regional director of public health for Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Dr. Yv Bonnier Viger will leave his position on September 3. At 74, he believes it is now time to make way for younger people. I am a model from 1950, so as we get older we have to make room for the next … Read more
Yukon’s environment minister has been released from hospital in Vancouver and is returning to the territory to complete his convalescence in Whitehorse, a government spokeswoman said. Nils Clarke was hospitalized following a car accident south of Whitehorse on August 2, while returning from the salmon celebration at McClintock Bay Resort. The minister was then flown … Read more
Chelsea Mayor Pierre Guénard said the workload to repair the damage caused by Friday’s torrential rains was “monumental” and that the cost of the work would be in the millions of dollars. In an interview on the show Mornings here Monday, Pierre Guénard explains that the Municipality is in the process of establishing a game … Read more
Travis Scott, one of the biggest stars of American rap, was released on Saturday without charge after thirty-six hours in police custody in Paris in an investigation into violence, AFP learned from one of his representatives in the United States. Asked by AFP, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed the lifting of Travis Scott’s police custody … Read more