The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec said not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that.
2022
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. inflation soared 7% in past year, the most since 1982
Prices rose sharply in 2021 for cars, gas, food and furniture as part of a rapid recovery from the pandemic recession.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
As Maine hospitals see another surge of COVID patients, hopeful signs emerge
Preliminary trends in other parts of the Northeast indicate that Maine could see a downturn in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Tuesday’s college roundup: Bates edges St. Joe’s in women’s basketball, 73-72
Morgan Kennedy scores 20 points to lead the Bobcats.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Investment good news for Madison, and the rest of Maine
Financing has been secured for a project to convert a former paper mill into North America’s first wood-fiber insulation plant.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Another View: Without democracy, all is lost
Jan. 6 was the one-year anniversary of a violent insurrection. The investigation and gathering of evidence still continues and we have yet to serve justice on all those who plotted, funded, and encouraged supporters of the outgoing president to commit those lawless and treasonous acts. Former President Trump’s role in this worst domestic attack on […]
Posted inMaine, News
Mainers respond to Westbrook woman’s grief over headstone kept from husband’s grave
A fund has been set up to accept donations to help the widow of a former Afghan general who died of COVID-19.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Front-line health care workers more strained than ever during omicron surge
Nearly two years after COVID-19 first hit Maine, the pandemic is putting an enormous burden on the state’s health care workers and system.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: USM center will build on historian’s legacy by strengthening labor education
L.D. 1816 would create the Dr. Charles A. Scontras Labor Center in honor of a man who grew up in Old Orchard and began his working life in a shoe shop.