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COVID-19: Quebec won’t set up checkpoints to limit travel between regions
Dr. Matthew Oughton from Montreal's Jewish General Hospital said with COVID variants cropping up across Canada and a reduction in vaccine shipments, now is the time to play the long game. Non-essential stores and personal care salons will reopen Monday in big cities such as Montreal and Quebec City, but restaurants, gyms and other entertainment venues will stay closed - unlike in the six regions. [Full Article...]
Did Trump's Legal Team Misspell 'United States' in His Impeachment Brief?
The House impeachment managers walk to the Senate on January 25 to deliver the article of impeachment alleging that President Trump incited insurrection. The nine House impeachment managers who will argue the case also are expected to lay out how they believe Trump's actions over the previous several months led up to it and eventually incited the insurrectionists to act. [Full Article...]
World Health Organization team completes survey of Wuhan virus lab
The team visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Wednesday for about three and half hours from around 9:30 a.m. local time. Reporters followed the team to the high security facility, but as with past visits, there was little direct access to team members, who have given scant details of their discussions and visits thus far. [Full Article...]
Scientists May Have Found Evidence of Life in the Clouds of Venus
But it's not likely. "On Earth, some microbes can cope with up to about 5 percent of acid in their environment - but the clouds of Venus are nearly entirely made of acid". " When we got the first hints of phosphine in Venus's spectrum, it was a shock! ", says team leader Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in the United Kingdom, who first spotted signs of phosphine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wik... [Full Article...]
Spacewalkers complete 4 years of power upgrades to modernize station
The space station is presently outfitted with 24 lithium-particle batteries to store power gathered by the sun based boards. Hopkins is wearing a spacesuit with red stripes and Glover's suit does not have stripes. The pair were joined by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi when they were ferried to the ISS last previous year aboard the Spac... [Full Article...]
SpaceX's 2nd Starship Test Flight Ends with Another Kaboom
According to NASASpaceFlight, one of Starship's Raptor engines struggled to ignite just before the hard landing. Despite the rocket being destroyed, SpaceX deemed the flight a success. The agency turned down the request, but the company proceeded anyway, the FAA said, the same day the agency approved a license for SpaceX to fly its next prototype. [Full Article...]
Early spring for Canada? Groundhogs say yes!
That means spring is on the way. Organizers for Shubenacadie Sam in Nova Scotia did not be host a public event and instead livestreamed his prediction on the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park's Facebook page. Meanwhile across the border in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil somehow gave a prediction of six more weeks of Winter, after somehow seeing his shadow amidst stormy overcast conditions. [Full Article...]
US Democrats file budget resolution for COVID-19 relief
But Cedric Richmond, a senior Biden adviser, said the president "is very willing to meet with anyone to advance the agenda". The unveiling of specifics came after Biden invited the group to the White House as both sides say they want to move negotiations quickly. [Full Article...]