Health
How dissecting superspreading events can help people take COVID-19 measures seriously
It’s a snapshot of a superspreading event: one person unknowingly infected with COVID-19 transmitted the contagion to 23 other passengers scattered on a tour...
A closer look at Canada’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccine candidates
More than 100 groups around the world are racing to produce a vaccine against COVID-19, with most of the attention focused on front-runners...
Like it or not, NHL could be forced to play next season in modified bubble
If the NHL hopes to start a new season in January, there probably won’t be any fans in the buildings and games could...
Trudeau says the federal government wants fixes, not control, of long-term care system
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there...
Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear
Worried about the environmental damage done by growing consumption of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, the federal government is asking the private...
Can Quebec find a balance between a lockdown and freedom?
Having tasted something like freedom over the summer, most Quebecers are back living under a complex array of public health rules, wondering if the rest of...
Donald Trump’s town hall sparked a battle within NBC
Donald Trump. According to Variety, MSNBC star Rachel Maddow criticized her parent network for airing the president’s event simultaneously with Joe Biden’s town...
Mary Trump predicts how Trump will react if he loses the election
The night after her interview with Don Lemon, Mary Trump alerted CNN‘s Chris Cuomo that President Donald Trump might attempt any technique if...
Why Gloria Estefan told her daughter not to come out to her grandmother
Gloria Estefan wants what is best for her family, even if the decision is controversial. “I was trying to protect both my ailing...
Feds to meet Indigenous leaders Friday to discuss racism in health system
The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services...
Judge tosses B.C. dads’ application for stricter COVID-19 protocols in schools
A bid by two dads to force the provincial government to implement mandatory masks and strict physical distancing in classrooms has been rejected...
An Innu teen died in care. Now a fired social worker is speaking out
Wally Rich, a 15-year-old from Natuashish, took his own life in a Labrador group home in May. (Submitted by Innu Nation) The system...
Give young people alternatives, not lectures, to manage COVID-19 spread, say experts
Young people are among the most prolific spreaders of COVID-19, and while health authorities and schools continue to issue heavy-handed warnings, some experts...
As COVID-19 cases climb in long-term care homes, experts hope to avoid locking down residents
As the number of people infected with COVID-19 continues to climb, the virus has crept back into long-term care and retirement homes across the...
Expert breaks down Katy Perry and Miranda Kerr’s relationship
Katy Perry, Dr. Gail Saltz, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of medicine and host of the...
‘They chose the wrong person’: Pierre Laporte’s son reflects on his murder 50 years after October Crisis
It’s been almost 50 years since Jean Laporte learned from a television report that his father had been killed by a radical group...
