カナダのケベック州は11日、COVID-19ワクチンの未接種者に対して新たな税金を課すことを決めたという。税金の名称に関しては報道媒体によって異なる。ハフポストでは「健康税」、BBCでは「保健税」、ロイターでは「健康負担金」などとなっている（ハフポスト、BBC、ロイター）。
あるAnonymous Coward 曰く、>ケベック州ではワクチン未接種者が人口の10%にも関わらず、集中治療用の病床の50%を占めているとのことで、これらの人々が他のケベック州民に重い金銭的重荷を背負わせているこ…
Music app AmpMe lowers pricing after accused of being an App Store scammer
Around the same time Apple was touting its sizable App Store revenue growth this week, developer and noted App Store critic Kosta Eleftheriou brought to light what appeared to be yet another App Store scammer hiding in plain sight. On Twitter, Eleftheriou documented the earnings for a music syncing app called AmpMe, which claims to […]
Canada Considers Making Vaccines Mandatory
New submitter nuckfuts writes: Canada’s Minister of Health is signalling that provinces may make vaccines mandatory in the coming months as the only way to deal with surging COVID-19 caseloads. It will be up to individual provinces to decide. Alberta’s…
Canadian court awards $107m to families of Iran plane crash victims
Civil lawsuit was filed against Iran and other officials the family members believe were to blame for the incidentA court in Ontario, Canada, has awarded C$107m ($83.94m), plus interest, to the families of six people who died when the Iranian Revolutio…
The Big One: Canada floods show British Columbia is not ready for a powerful earthquake
As the province rebuilds after the atmospheric river, experts hope for a heightened focus on future quake hazards Canada’s largest port is shut down. Highways have snapped, buckled and crumbled. Bridges are washed into raging rivers and landslides rumb…
Dear Sophie: How to maneuver the latest travel bans, H-1B alternatives
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Tiggy ready to take on Canadian food delivery incumbents with 15-minute option
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds is available in the US and Canada for 18+ users
The company formerly known as Facebook is taking a step toward its goal to transport us to the metaverse. Now, Horizon Worlds — the Second Life or Minecraft of Meta’s VR apps — is expanding out of invite-only beta, opening up to all users over 18 years old in the U.S. and Canada. This is […]
「メープルシロップのOPEC」とも呼ばれる業界団体QMSP、戦略備蓄の半量近くを放出へ
先日、原油高への対策として日本を含む各国が石油備蓄を放出したということが話題となったが、カナダではメープルシロップの戦略備蓄を放出したそうだ（CNN、東京新聞）。
カナダのケベック・メープルシロップ生産者協会（QMSP）は、備蓄の半量に当たる約2万3000トンを放出するらしい。CNNの記事によると、QMSPは「メープルシロップのOPEC（石油輸出国機構）」とも呼ばれているそうで、これまでも価格や供給のコントロールを行ってきたそうだ。メープルシロップは暑くて短い夏が原因で生産量が少なくなっており、…
A moment that changed me: when my beloved teacher taught us about mortal sin
I had impressed Mr Priamo with my passion for winning. In questioning his certainty I learned the eternal value of doubt and ambiguityEven before I entered his class, I knew Mr Priamo, the sixth-grade teacher at my Catholic elementary school, as the sm…