Employment counsellor David McKay says he’s encountered the full suite of emotions from his clients during the pandemic. Some have been optimistic about finding new jobs, but he’s mainly seen frustration.
Free of distractions away from pole vaulting and in her best running shape and technical form, Olympian Alysha Newman isn’t ruling out the possibility of raising her 4.82-metre Canadian indoor record to 4.85 or 4.90 in the coming weeks.
The good news is the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 doesn’t seem to mutate as much or as quickly as the influenza virus that causes the flu. But drugmakers are already re-working their vaccines just in case.
It’s been almost a year since offices emptied out and employees started working remotely in a big way for the first time. Now, some of that office space is being rented out, and it’s presenting some prospective tenants with opportunities that weren’t available prior to COVID-19.
Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative collective Bellingcat, tells us how the group used online information to break some of its biggest stories — from the poisoning of Alexei Navalny to the downing of Flight MH17 in Ukraine — and why he wants others to follow in Bellingcat’s footsteps.