A Vancouver woman is calling on Elections Canada to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for poll workers before doors open to in-person voters for the federal election later this month. But the agency says adequate COVID-19 safety measures will be in place.
Day: September 1, 2021
A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to act on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold.
The Vancouver Park Board says it will now be closing Stanley Park every day at 7 p.m., after a spike in coyote attacks officials say could at least in part be brought on by park users feeding animals for the sake of that ‘Instagrammable’ moment.
Some animals are rolling up their fur for a COVID-19 vaccine at the Detroit Zoo.
Weather disasters such as hurricanes, floods and droughts are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.