Health
Vigilante justice or community safety? Protesters target Albertans on bail accused of crimes against children
Triumphant protesters sang last week as Edmonton police officers escorted accused child predator Wade Stene from his mother’s home into a police van and back...
Canadians’ COVID-19 fears are rising again — and the U.S. might be to blame
As the number of new cases of COVID-19 being reported daily in Canada has declined over time, Canadians’ concerns about the spread of the...
Does the Trudeau government have a plan to end the pandemic economy?
In a normal year, the federal government tables a budget in the spring and then an economic statement or fiscal update in the fall....
Why the WHO won’t say the coronavirus is airborne and driving the pandemic
The World Health Organization has refused to cave to pressure from more than 200 experts calling for it to update its messaging on the...
Controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 ‘a tempest in a teapot,’ Dr. Bonnie Henry says
B.C.’s provincial health officer says the controversy over airborne transmission of COVID-19 has been overblown, after hundreds of scientists signed a letter calling...
Canadian Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, dies from coronavirus complications
Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has...
P.E.I. reports 2 new cases of coronavirus, brings total to 5
P.E.I. reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total active cases in the province to five. The two new cases are both...
Halifax man walks off flight to St. John’s over COVID-19 concerns
A man walked off a flight from Halifax to St. John’s before takeoff on Saturday after realizing almost everyone on the flight would need...
1st glimpse of Canada’s true COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July from immunity testing
The national immunity task force has started testing thousands of blood samples for COVID-19 antibodies and should be able to produce a more...
Traffic lineups grow at Atlantic borders as COVID-19 bubble opens
Atlantic Canadians are now free to travel among Canada’s four eastern provinces without self-isolating to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission, but that...
What social science says about convincing people to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mandating, not just recommending, the use of non-medical masks will help convince more Canadians to wear them as the economy reopens, just as...
U.S. son can’t see sick mother in Canada because he’s not ‘immediate family’ under current regulations
A family hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic is angry that Canada’s border restrictions are keeping a son in New York City from seeing...
NHL expected to announce Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities: reports
The NHL has seemingly decided on its hub cities for when the league returns to play, according to multiple reports on Wednesday: Toronto for the Eastern...
Canada Day: Big parties give way to online shows amid coronavirus pandemic
Canadians celebrated a Canada Day like no other as they marked the national holiday under unprecedented circumstances. Canada Day 2020 took place amid both a...
Virtual Canada Day citizenship ceremony celebrates nurses, care workers
When Sweeny Karande was in her nursing program in India, her teacher presented her with an award as the best outgoing student. “This...
Teachers to be paid $12K to recruit and manage students under government program with WE Charity
A key piece of a much-scrutinized $900-million program to get youth working in the community will also pay teachers $12,000 each to recruit...
