AdvertisementTORONTO --“We know where you are. We’re coming to get you.”The person on the other line of Cherie Wong’s Vancouver hotel room phone repeated that threat multiple times, until she hung up, stunned.It was January 2020, and Wong – who’s executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong -- had travelled from Toronto to Vancouver to host a series of events surrounding the imminent launch of the pro-democracy group.Out of an abundance of caution, Wong’s room was booked under another name by a member of the group – but they found her anyway."They" being suspected agents of the Chinese...…AdvertisementTORONTO --“We know where you are. We’re coming to get you.”The person on the other line of Cherie Wong’s Vancouver hotel room phone repeated that threat multiple times, until she hung up, stunned.It was January 2020, and Wong – who’s executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong -- had travelled from Toronto to Vancouver to host a series of events surrounding the imminent launch of the pro-democracy group.Out of an abundance of caution, Wong’s room was booked under another name by a member of the group – but they found her anyway."They" being suspected agents of the Chinese...WW…

TORONTO --Doctors have successfully completed the first double lung transplant in Canada for a man whose lungs were devastated by COVID-19.Tim Sauve, 61, became ill with COVID-19 in December when he noticed himself getting dizzy at home in Mississauga, Ont. In a matter of days he ended up in hospital, unable to breathe.“I was put on 100 per cent oxygen at that moment, and after that there was no turning back, they could not lower my oxygen” Sauve told CTV News’ chief medical correspondent Avis Favaro. “At that point it got very, very serious.”Sauve was transferred to the intensive care unit...…TORONTO --Doctors have successfully completed the first double lung transplant in Canada for a man whose lungs were devastated by COVID-19.Tim Sauve, 61, became ill with COVID-19 in December when he noticed himself getting dizzy at home in Mississauga, Ont. In a matter of days he ended up in hospital, unable to breathe.“I was put on 100 per cent oxygen at that moment, and after that there was no turning back, they could not lower my oxygen” Sauve told CTV News’ chief medical correspondent Avis Favaro. “At that point it got very, very serious.”Sauve was transferred to the intensive care unit...WW…

AdvertisementTORONTO --A privately-funded expedition piloted by two former U.S. Navy officers and organized by EYOS Expeditions has successfully re-located, surveyed and filmed the world’s deepest known shipwreck.The USS Johnston lies at a depth of 21,180 feet or 6,456 metres in the Philippine Sea. To put it in context, the Johnston is in water 62 per cent deeper than the Titanic’s wreck in the North Atlantic.The Johnston was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that sank on October 25, 1944, in an intense battle with Japanese forces off the coast of Samar Island during the Battle of Leyte...…AdvertisementTORONTO --A privately-funded expedition piloted by two former U.S. Navy officers and organized by EYOS Expeditions has successfully re-located, surveyed and filmed the world’s deepest known shipwreck.The USS Johnston lies at a depth of 21,180 feet or 6,456 metres in the Philippine Sea. To put it in context, the Johnston is in water 62 per cent deeper than the Titanic’s wreck in the North Atlantic.The Johnston was a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer that sank on October 25, 1944, in an intense battle with Japanese forces off the coast of Samar Island during the Battle of Leyte...WW…

TORONTO --A review of 61 studies and reports comprising more than 1.8 million people suggests that at least one in three people infected with COVID-19 do not have any symptoms, according to a .Authors from Scripps Research in San Diego, California, reviewed global studies and reports published through Nov. 17, 2020 – including two large surveys in England and Spain – that tested the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in over one million people.The researchers compiled 43 studies that used PCR testing and 18 studies that used antibody testing to cross reference their data.The compiled data...…TORONTO --A review of 61 studies and reports comprising more than 1.8 million people suggests that at least one in three people infected with COVID-19 do not have any symptoms, according to a .Authors from Scripps Research in San Diego, California, reviewed global studies and reports published through Nov. 17, 2020 – including two large surveys in England and Spain – that tested the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in over one million people.The researchers compiled 43 studies that used PCR testing and 18 studies that used antibody testing to cross reference their data.The compiled data...WW…

TORONTO --An expanding list of Canadian politicians are in hot water after being caught vacationing or travelling abroad amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic at home.Current , something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and health authorities have repeatedly reiterated in public briefings.Here is a quick rundown of the politicians involved thus far:ONTARIOOntario Finance Minister Rod Phillips , although his social media presence made it seem otherwise. His office released tweets and Instagram posts of the minister while he was away – making it appear he was in Ontario all along.When confronted at...…TORONTO --An expanding list of Canadian politicians are in hot water after being caught vacationing or travelling abroad amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic at home.Current , something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and health authorities have repeatedly reiterated in public briefings.Here is a quick rundown of the politicians involved thus far:ONTARIOOntario Finance Minister Rod Phillips , although his social media presence made it seem otherwise. His office released tweets and Instagram posts of the minister while he was away – making it appear he was in Ontario all along.When confronted at...WW…

AdvertisementTORONTO --Woolly Mammoths may have developed a slew of genetic defects that potentially caused the extinction of a herd found near Siberia, according to a new study.The study entitled “,” examined the resurrected DNA of woolly mammoth remains found on a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia, known as Wrangel Island.The study was published in the journal of Genome Biology and Evolution, a publication of Oxford University Press.Woolly mammoths were once one of the most abundant cold-adapted species on Earth before the end of the Pleistocene period – approximately 11,700...…AdvertisementTORONTO --Woolly Mammoths may have developed a slew of genetic defects that potentially caused the extinction of a herd found near Siberia, according to a new study.The study entitled “,” examined the resurrected DNA of woolly mammoth remains found on a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia, known as Wrangel Island.The study was published in the journal of Genome Biology and Evolution, a publication of Oxford University Press.Woolly mammoths were once one of the most abundant cold-adapted species on Earth before the end of the Pleistocene period – approximately 11,700...WW…