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Dried flowers rest inside a pair of child's running shoes at a memorial for the 215 children whose remains were found at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School at Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Teaching Canadians to observe solemn new Truth and Reconciliation Day could take time

Teaching Canadians to observe solemn new Truth and Reconciliation Day could take time

Dried flowers rest inside a pair of child's running shoes at a memorial for the 215 children whose remains were found at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School at Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Study highlights difficulty of stopping antidepressants

Study highlights difficulty of stopping antidepressants

This photo provided by Beyond Meat shows Beyond Meat new chicken tenders. (Beyond Meat via AP)

Beyond, Impossible join crowded plant-based chicken market

Beyond, Impossible join crowded plant-based chicken market

This photo provided by Beyond Meat shows Beyond Meat new chicken tenders. (Beyond Meat via AP)
Students enter Pierre Laporte Secondary School as secondary school students return to class full time during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, on Monday, March 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Study finds kids were at low risk of severe COVID early in the pandemic, before Delta

Study finds kids were at low risk of severe COVID early in the pandemic, before Delta

Students enter Pierre Laporte Secondary School as secondary school students return to class full time during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, on Monday, March 29, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Anita Hill poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 21, 2021 to promote her book, "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence," releasing on Sept. 28. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony

Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony

Anita Hill poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 21, 2021 to promote her book, "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence," releasing on Sept. 28. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
American Pipits belong to a unique family of ground-feeding and ground-nesting insectivorous birds, the Motacillidae. (Photos by Myrna Pearman)

PEARMAN: Surprised by huge flock of American Pipits

Each spring and each fall, I watch for migrating American Pipits. These…

American Pipits belong to a unique family of ground-feeding and ground-nesting insectivorous birds, the Motacillidae. (Photos by Myrna Pearman)
Nurses and supporters rally in front of the Royal Alexandra hospital as nurses hold a National Day of Action information picket against cutbacks by the Alberta government, in Edmonton, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing ‘crisis’

Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing ‘crisis’

Nurses and supporters rally in front of the Royal Alexandra hospital as nurses hold a National Day of Action information picket against cutbacks by the Alberta government, in Edmonton, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Trikafta, which costs roughly $300,000 a year at its list price, is seen in an undated handout photo. Three provinces say they'll start covering the costs of the new drug that experts describe as a "life-changing" treatment for cystic fibrosis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Cystic Fibrosis Canada, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan to cover ‘life-changing’ cystic fibrosis drug

Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan to cover ‘life-changing’ cystic fibrosis drug

Trikafta, which costs roughly $300,000 a year at its list price, is seen in an undated handout photo. Three provinces say they'll start covering the costs of the new drug that experts describe as a "life-changing" treatment for cystic fibrosis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Cystic Fibrosis Canada, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
In this 2021 photo provided by Global Ministries, Global Mission Fellow Wingamkamliu Rentta leads youth and young adults in St. Lucia, during her service with the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas. The International Mission Board is requiring its missionaries get the COVID-19 vaccine. The board is a Southern Baptist Convention agency and deploys thousands of evangelical missionaries across the globe. It says it implemented the new policy because of health risks and the need to show proof of vaccination in more places. (Global Ministries via AP)

Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies

Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies

In this 2021 photo provided by Global Ministries, Global Mission Fellow Wingamkamliu Rentta leads youth and young adults in St. Lucia, during her service with the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas. The International Mission Board is requiring its missionaries get the COVID-19 vaccine. The board is a Southern Baptist Convention agency and deploys thousands of evangelical missionaries across the globe. It says it implemented the new policy because of health risks and the need to show proof of vaccination in more places. (Global Ministries via AP)
One of Quebec’s most cherished bicycling routes takes cyclists through vistas like this one, looking out on the islands and wide waters of the St. Lawrence River near the village of Kamouraska, Sept. 8, 2021. This maritime region of Quebec normally draws plenty of visitors from Europe, the U.S. and other parts of Canada, attracted by the bicycling, hiking, whale-watching and natural beauty. But it is only starting to open up to outsiders again, thanks to relaxed rules for entering Canada. (AP Photo/Calvin Woodward)

Travel in Canada is a prize for the vaccinated and vigilant

Travel in Canada is a prize for the vaccinated and vigilant

One of Quebec’s most cherished bicycling routes takes cyclists through vistas like this one, looking out on the islands and wide waters of the St. Lawrence River near the village of Kamouraska, Sept. 8, 2021. This maritime region of Quebec normally draws plenty of visitors from Europe, the U.S. and other parts of Canada, attracted by the bicycling, hiking, whale-watching and natural beauty. But it is only starting to open up to outsiders again, thanks to relaxed rules for entering Canada. (AP Photo/Calvin Woodward)
This image provided by Abbot in September 2021 shows packaging for their BinaxNOW self test for COVID-19. President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading hospitals and threatening to shutter classrooms around the country. But the tests have already disappeared from pharmacy shelves in many parts of the U.S., and manufacturers warn it will take them weeks to ramp up production, which was slashed after demand for the tests plummeted over the summer of 2021. (Abbot via AP)

Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find

Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find

This image provided by Abbot in September 2021 shows packaging for their BinaxNOW self test for COVID-19. President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is overloading hospitals and threatening to shutter classrooms around the country. But the tests have already disappeared from pharmacy shelves in many parts of the U.S., and manufacturers warn it will take them weeks to ramp up production, which was slashed after demand for the tests plummeted over the summer of 2021. (Abbot via AP)
Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS watch a music video on the General Assembly Hall monitors during a meeting on Sustainable Development Goals at the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. In his General Assembly opening address on Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres practically scolded world leaders for disappointing young people with a perceived inaction on climate change, inequalities and the lack of educational opportunities, among other issues important to young people. (John Angelillo/Pool Photo via AP)

Its relevance at stake, UN reaches toward a new generation

Its relevance at stake, UN reaches toward a new generation

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS watch a music video on the General Assembly Hall monitors during a meeting on Sustainable Development Goals at the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. In his General Assembly opening address on Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres practically scolded world leaders for disappointing young people with a perceived inaction on climate change, inequalities and the lack of educational opportunities, among other issues important to young people. (John Angelillo/Pool Photo via AP)
Kimberly Price leans against a donated motorhome she received with boyfriend John Hunter, left, on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Quincy, Calif. Hunter, who lost his home and business to the Dixie Fire, plans to live in the RV in Greenville. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs

Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs

Kimberly Price leans against a donated motorhome she received with boyfriend John Hunter, left, on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Quincy, Calif. Hunter, who lost his home and business to the Dixie Fire, plans to live in the RV in Greenville. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
FILE - This file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a feeding female Anopheles Stephensi mosquito crouching forward and downward on her forelegs on a human skin surface, in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum, which it had inserted into its human host. In a study published Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, scientists say there is evidence a resistant form of malaria is spreading in Uganda, in a worrying sign the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without concerted efforts from countries and global health officials. (James Gathany/CDC via AP, File)

Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa

Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa

FILE - This file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a feeding female Anopheles Stephensi mosquito crouching forward and downward on her forelegs on a human skin surface, in the process of obtaining its blood meal through its sharp, needle-like labrum, which it had inserted into its human host. In a study published Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, scientists say there is evidence a resistant form of malaria is spreading in Uganda, in a worrying sign the top drug used against the parasitic disease could ultimately be rendered useless without concerted efforts from countries and global health officials. (James Gathany/CDC via AP, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a person was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a person was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation

Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation

FILE - In this March 26, 2021, file photo a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup in Philadelphia. Religious objections, once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow

FILE - In this March 26, 2021, file photo a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup in Philadelphia. Religious objections, once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines, are becoming a much more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Virginia Oliver, age 101, works as a sternman, measuring and banding lobsters on her son Max Oliver's boat, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, off Rockland, Maine. The state's oldest lobster harvester has been doing it since before the onset of the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

At 101, she’s still hauling lobsters with no plans to stop

At 101, she’s still hauling lobsters with no plans to stop

Virginia Oliver, age 101, works as a sternman, measuring and banding lobsters on her son Max Oliver's boat, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, off Rockland, Maine. The state's oldest lobster harvester has been doing it since before the onset of the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2021 file photo, Parsia Jahanbani prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccine clinic operated by Families Together of Orange County in Santa Ana, Calif. An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FDA strikes cautious tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting

FDA strikes cautious tone ahead of vaccine booster meeting

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2021 file photo, Parsia Jahanbani prepares a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a mobile vaccine clinic operated by Families Together of Orange County in Santa Ana, Calif. An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic

Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic

This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)