An unprecedented decline in global air traffic is limiting the data that meteorologists use to predict the weather. Commercial air traffic shrunk to 41 per cent below 2019 levels during the last two weeks of March, according to Ian Petchenik from Flightradar24, an online global flight tracking service. “We have seen a precipitous decline in [air] traffic…
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An unprecedented decline in global air traffic is limiting the data that meteorologists use to predict the weather. Commercial air traffic shrunk to 41 per cent below 2019 levels during the last two weeks of March, according to Ian Petchenik from Flightradar24, an online global flight tracking service. “We have seen a precipice decline in (air)…
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With Banff shut down to outsiders, its tourism and visitor economy has been “decimated” according to local MLA Miranda Rosin who says the mountain town is experiencing up to an 85 per cent unemployment rate as businesses and people react to ordered closures and self-isolation directives. “That entire economy has really crumbled in the last couple…
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A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered libraries and coffee shops, some Toronto students are turning to an online trend to overcome the loneliness of studying by themselves. It’s called “Gong-bang,” short for “gongbu bangsong” which translates to “study broadcast” — and it’s a growing trend that originated in South Korea, where many students study for up to 18…
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Governments have released models with dire projections about how many people could die from COVID-19 to help get people onside with physical distancing measures. But experts caution models aren’t a crystal ball. On Friday, Ontario released a model projecting 3,000 to 15,000 people in Ontario could die in a pandemic that may last two years. It…
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