Health ministers from the Americas, including the Caribbean, have committed themselves to maintaining as well as expanding the sustained actions needed in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), which ended a two-day 58th Directing Council meeting last week, said that the Americas will most likely experience recurring epidemic […]
Durham Region Health Department is urging anyone who attended a wedding on Sept. 19 last at the Caribbean Cultural Centre in Oshawa, to contact the Health Department as soon as possible The Health Department has been notified of eight cases of COVID-19 associated with this event and is having difficulty obtaining a full list of […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Drink coffee after breakfast, not before, for better metabolic control – study A strong, black coffee to wake you up after a bad night’s sleep could impair control of blood sugar levels, according to a new study. Research from the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise & Metabolism at the University of Bath in […]
By David Jessop Despite the understandable desire by some in tourism to talk up a ‘return to normal’, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the industry’s recovery from the pandemic will be slow and uncertain, largely because infection rates in the region’s principal overseas markets continue to rise. This suggests that the timing […]
JOHN’S, Antigua – As Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Industry stakeholders prepare for peak season, tourism officials are cautiously optimistic that with arrivals steadily increasing each month since the destination’s re-opening, that the moderate upward trend will continue into the traditionally busy tourism period. For the year to August 2020, tourism stayover arrival figures show that […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Sport and memory go hand in hand If sport is good for the body, it also seems to be good for the brain. By evaluating memory performance following a sport session, neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) demonstrate that an intensive physical exercise session as short as 15 minutes on […]
MONTREAL — A Montreal city councillor said he will introduce a motion next week to restrict the use of facial recognition and other “invasive” surveillance technologies by city police. The motion is based on a bylaw adopted by New York City and would be the first in Canada to address the use of facial recognition […]
Editorial Let’s hope for the best and prepare for the worst The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to mas’ makers in 2020 but as we face the prospect of a second wave of the deadly virus, the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which runs the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, is looking forward to better days […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Pesco-Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting may lower heart disease risk A Pesco-Mediterranean diet rich in plants, nuts, whole grains, extra-virgin olive oil, and fish and/or seafood is ideal for optimizing cardiovascular health, according to a cumulative review published last week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Intermittent fasting is […]
Immigrants, refugees and other newcomers accounted for nearly 44 per cent of Ontario’s COVID-19 cases in the first half of the year, according to a report released last week by the ICES, a non-profit research institute based in Toronto. ICES examined provincial health administrative data collected between Jan. 15 and June 13, 2020. Immigrants and […]
