FOCUS ON HEALTH Too much salt suppresses phagocytes For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. We don’t really think about it. But actually, we should. As well as raising our blood pressure, too much salt can severely disrupt the energy balance in immune cells and stop […]
Editorial The catastrophic threat of climate change Many in our Caribbean community in Toronto have been mumbling and grumbling lately about winter-like weather in Spring. It’s already April, in case you are not aware, and just a few days ago there was snow on the ground in the Greater Toronto Area and with the wicked […]
Immigration matters\ Sukhram Ramkissoon Please, Mr. Minister, open a pathway for non- status workers, as well Earlier this month, Immigration Minister Marco E. L. Mendicino announced an innovative pathway to permanent residence for over 90,000 essential workers and international graduates who are actively contributing to Canada’s economy. This public policy will apply to temporary workers […]
By Carlton Joseph United States President Joe Biden’s summit on climate change ended on Friday with the United States (promising to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and help other countries do the same. But Manish Bapna of World Resources Institute (WRI) expressed the view that the US promise of $5.7 billion in climate finance […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Simple oral hygiene could help reduce COVID-19 severity, says study COVID-19 could pass into people’s lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream—particularly if individuals are suffering from gum disease, according to new research. Evidence shows that blood vessels of the lungs, rather than airways, are affected initially […]
Editorial The battle continues With its verdict of guilty in the case of former police officer Derek Chauvin who killed George Floyd last May, a Minneapolis jury affirmed on Tuesday that Black lives matter. The verdict also gives many skeptics in our Caribbean community reason to hope that justice for Blacks in the United States […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Regular physical activity recommended to help prevent severe COVID-19 infection Physical inactivity is linked to more severe COVID-19 infection and a heightened risk of dying from the disease, finds a large US study published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive during the 2 […]
By David Jessop Last month Britain published two significant post-Brexit policy documents setting out its future thinking on foreign policy, defence, security, and development. Both referenced in general terms the importance to the UK of its fourteen Overseas Territories located around the world. The relationship was encapsulated in the suggestion that shared interests ‘bound […]
EDITORIAL Remembering our brothers and sisters in St.Vincent and the Grenadines As we go to press, we are keeping a close watch on the disastrous news coming from St. Vincent. Although the scientists who are monitoring volcanic activity on the island are telling us that the eruptions which started last week may continue for some […]
By Carlton Joseph Conditions in St. Vincent have worsened, as La Soufriere volcano continues to push ash and debris into the atmosphere. The National Weather Service in the United States has warned pilots that volcanic ash is a significant hazard to aviation and scientists at the University of the West Indies say that eruptions could […]
