By Lincoln DePradine Caribbean economies, which declined last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now are trying to recover, must focus on agriculture and on producing food to feed their nations’ people, economist Dr. Brian Francis has suggested.. “In the time of COVID, if there’s one sector in an economy that should be ‘kicking […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -National Security Minister Stuart Young fell off the stage after giving his address at the opening of a new fire station in Penal, South Trinidad last week. Young attempted to step off the stage but fell onto the concrete floor. Holding an arm and wincing in pain, he was quickly led […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH High levels of racism fuels poor health among minority groups One in five people from ethnic minority groups report racial discrimination and these individuals are more likely to develop poorer mental and physical health, according to researchers from UCL and King’s College London. The study, published in BMC Public Health, finds for […]
OTTAWA — The economic and life disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some recent immigrants to leave Canada and return to their countries of origin, where they have more social and family connections. The number of permanent residents who have been in Canada for less than five years declined by four per cent […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Regular meat consumption linked with a wide range of common diseases New study finds links between regular meat consumption and a wide range of common diseases Credit Regular meat consumption is associated with a range of diseases that researchers had not previously considered, according to a large, population-level study conducted by a […]
Editorial On Monday, Toronto Mayor John Tory proclaimed March 1-5 as Black Mental Health Week. Readers will no doubt recall that last year, the City of Toronto launched the first Black Mental Health Day in partnership with TAIBU Community Health Services. But this year, as a news release from the City of Toronto points out, […]
A new US initiative for the Caribbean is needed By David Jessop When the economies of the Caribbean and Central America finally exit the pandemic, most will be in crisis. As a recent IMF review of The Bahamas put it, recovery to pre-pandemic levels ‘will likely take years’ and the ‘downside risks loom large’. The […]
By Lincoln DePradine The rollout this week in the United States of a Johnson & Johnson-manufactured vaccine offers another option for people in the US, as well as in Canada and elsewhere, to receive injected medication in the fight against the Coronavirus. The Johnson & Johnson product joins others on the market such as the […]
Advocates are calling on federal and provincial governments to ensure migrant and undocumented workers have access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Migrant Rights Network made the call last week along with doctors and labour leaders. They say they are concerned that thousands of migrant and undocumented workers will not get the vaccine because of their immigration […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH I Injured my back…Do I need surgery? By Virginia Nystem One of my patients recently visited my office after suffering a slip and fall accident on her driveway. She slipped on ice, fell on her back and immediately experienced low back pain, right leg pain and numbness. She visited the emergency department […]
