Covid, data are missing to assess the risks of contracting it

TORONTO – Health experts have no doubts. Provincial governments are asking Canadians to assess for themselves the risk they run in contracting Covid but at the same time they are reducing the amount of data available. “There is no doubt that people are being provided with less data – said Tara Moriarty, a lecturer at the University of Toronto – it is a decidedly crucial task as people have been made responsible for the personal management of the pandemic”. 

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Spike in hospitalizations: 276 more in 24 hours in Ontario, almost two thousand in Quebec

TORONTO – Strong, sudden surge in Covid hospitalizations in Ontario: from 1,090 hospitalized on Monday to 1,366 today (+276). The last time the hospitalization count had exceeded that figure dates back to last February 16 when, during the first wave of Omicron (and fifth of the pandemic), the beds occupied by patients with the virus were 1,403. The number of people admitted to intensive care has also increased: from 184 to 190 in 24 hours.  Continue reading→

Carpenters’ Union: “$ 3.1 billion embezzled from government: no to tax fraud”

TORONTO – The Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario (CDCO) is relaunching its campaign against tax fraud, which began Monday and runs until April 16. “The government is estimated to lose between 1.8 billion and 3.1 billion due to tax fraud in the construction sector – explains Mike Yorke (in the pic above, from https://canada.constructconnect.com), president and director of the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario.  Continue reading→

পাকিস্তানের জন্য এক দুর্মর সময় অপেক্ষমান

প্রধানমন্ত্রীত্ব থেকে ইমরান খানের উৎখাত ভাবনারই বৈ কি? কী মনে হয়, উৎখাতকারীরা তাদের বিরুদ্ধে উদ্ভূত বিক্ষোভ সামাল দিতে পারবে? দুর্ভাবনারই বিষয়। কারণ, ২৪ ঘন্টার উপরে পর্যায়ক্রমিক দুটো টুইটে ইমরান খান লিখেছেন- ‘পাকিস্তানের জনগণকে তাদের সমর্থন ও আবেগের জন্য ধন্যবাদ, যেখানে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মদদে স্থানীয় মীরজাফররা ক্ষমতাসীন হয়েছে, যাদের প্রত্যেকে দুর্নীতির দায়ে জামিনে মুক্ত। 

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Putin in controllo in Russia ma paria nel resto del mondo

“Perché i democratici vogliono farvi odiare Putin?”: questa la domanda retorica di Tucker Carlson, conduttore di un popolare programma alla Fox News, 2 giorni prima che iniziasse l’invasione russa dell’Ucraina. Carlson ha continuato domandandosi in che modo Putin avesse influito negativamente sugli americani. La lode di Carlson mirava anche ad avvicinarsi al leader russo sperando che accettasse la richiesta per un’intervista che sarebbe stata un colpo mediatico per lui e la rete conservatrice di Rupert Murdoch. I cittadini russi hanno potuto vedere i commenti positivi di Carlson sul loro leader alla televisione poiché alcuni clip del programma sono stati trasmessi con sottotitoli dalla televisione russa… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>