Les ados sont bien dans leurs baskets ! Globalement, ils semblent satisfaits de leur vie (7,5 sur 10). Mais tout n’est pas rose pour autant. Nombre d’entre eux déclarent souvent souffrir d’irritabilité (71 %), de nervosité (63 %), de maux de ventre (60 %), d’insomnie (57 %) et de maux de tête (55 %). Les […]
Le tétanos est une maladie souvent mortelle. Pour prévenir cette affection, un vaccin très efficace existe depuis plus de cinquante ans. Chez les nourrissons et les enfants, le calendrier vaccinal prévoit trois doses à un mois d’intervalle dès l’âge de 2 mois, un rappel 1 an plus tard puis tous les 5 ans jusqu’à 18 […]
Au travail ou grâce à Internet, vous avez l’impression de connaître de plus en plus de monde, de tisser des liens avec des personnes aux quatre coins de la planète. C’est vrai, mais cela se fait au détriment d’amitiés réelles. C’est ce que prétend une étude américaine menée sur les jeunes hommes. Les chercheurs ont […]
Robert Downey Jr. devrait interpréter le rôle principal de “The Accidental Genius”, projet qui sera développé par sa société de production. Ni suite, ni adaptation de série. The Accidental Genius, pitch acquis par la Warner pour le compte (notamment) de Team Downey, la société de production de Robert Downey Jr. et de son épouse Susan, […]
As we enter the third month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, provinces are starting to reopen. Ontario will announce details of “stage one” of reopening on Thursday, Alberta is set to announce similar measures this week, while schools in Quebec have already started back up. But as provinces unveil and start to execute their […]
The May long weekend is here, and this year Canadians are certainly going to be celebrating differently. Due to social distancing requirements and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, many familiar activities like group camping or big fireworks displays won’t be happening for Victoria Day this year. Canadians are being advised to stay closer to home […]
Amazon says it will be ending its pandemic-related pay incentives for workers in its Canadian warehouses at the end of the month. Company spokesperson Kelly Cheeseman confirmed Saturday the online retail giant will stop paying employees the extra $2 per hour and double overtime incentives they had been receiving since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Watch: […]
OTTAWA — A Liberal MP is calling for an investigation into whether Conservative leadership candidate Erin O’Toole is inappropriately using taxpayer-funded resources on his campaign. Robert Morrissey says he received an email from O’Toole’s personal Parliament Hill email address on May 12, with the subject line “endorsement,” that thanked him for his support. It was […]
MONTREAL ― Air Canada plans to lay off at least 20,000 employees as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the airline industry. Effective June 7, the layoffs will impact more than half of the company’s 38,000 employees, it said. The move comes amid ongoing border shutdowns and confinement measures that have tanked travel […]
DALLAS, TX — A Dallas County Sheriff’s deputy who took his own life last month was denied honors at his funeral last week for reasons one organization calls “hypocritical and unethical.” Homero Calderon, an 18-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, died Friday, June 28, by suicide, the sheriff’s department announced on Facebook. Calderon worked in […]