1 in 4 seniors in New Brunswick take sleeping pills. A new study is offering an alternative
Ken Gallant was taking medication for sleeping and anxiety when he had a scary experience driving on a busy street that ultimately led to him losing his…
Why geothermal is a hot trend in new condos
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign…
‘We did the best we could’ — a conversation with the co-chair of Canada’s vaccine task force
Dr. Joanne Langley is a pediatric infectious disease physician and a professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Since last…
Iceland’s ‘COVID-19 passport’ offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel
Iceland recently became the first country in Europe to issue and recognize COVID-19 vaccination certificates, which it hopes will allow vaccinated individuals to travel freely within its…
Vaccine wars: Nations race to win friends and influence through vaccine distribution
It all seems so long ago now, but as 2019 drew to a close there was a lot of talk about a new "space race."In November 2019,…
What is COVAX and why is Canada getting backlash for receiving vaccines from it?
Amid a massive immunization effort, the Canadian government is finding itself on the defensive for its decision to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the global initiative known as…
Air Canada puts all Rouge flights on hiatus
Air Canada is putting all Rouge flights on hold as a result of new travel rules brought in by the government last week to scale back non-essential…
Justin Trudeau contends with the uncertainty of Canada’s vaccine supply
In his last two appearances before reporters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted that the unpredictable messiness of vaccinating the globe against a novel coronavirus should have been…
Arriving in Ontario from another country by plane? You’ll need to take a COVID-19 test starting today
The latest:Ontario is reporting its first case of the more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus first discovered in South Africa, as new rules take effect in…
Edmonton woman out $320 as e-transfer fraudsters cash in during pandemic
Alysia Lok may be the creator of a brand of sweet snacks, but says she's soured on how few protections can exist when e-transfers get hacked."I was…
Astronomers discover huge exoplanet has the density of cotton candy
Roughly 212 light years away in the Virgo constellation lies a super-large exoplanet that has astronomers revising their theory of how giant gas planets form.The exoplanet, called…