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Black Canadians get sick more from COVID-19. Scientists aim to find out why
Race-based data shows that Black Canadians are far more likely to get sick and be hospitalized for COVID-19 than other ethnic groups. A...
Top-secret records show New Brunswick, Alberta companies received millions in ‘suspicious’ transfers
Off the coast of Mauritania in northwest Africa, thick black smoke billowed from a massive fishing trawler, trapping the crew on a vessel...
RCMP faces criticism over mask policy for bearded front-line officers
The RCMP is facing accusations of discrimination because of a policy requiring front-line officers to wear properly fitting medical grade face masks which may not be...
1 death, 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as outbreaks declared at Calgary’s Foothills hospital
One patient has died and 13 other patients and four staff members have tested positive amid COVID-19 outbreaks at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary,...
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan gambles popularity against pandemic in bid for historic majority
In a year of world events nobody wanted, British Columbians will be getting an election almost nobody wanted. “Families are concerned,” admitted NDP Leader...
Sorry to burst your COVID-19 ‘social bubble’ but even small gatherings are getting riskier
For months, Canadians have been bubbling up with other friends and family to socialize safely during the pandemic. But with COVID-19 case counts rising in...
N.L. travel ban upheld in provincial Supreme Court ruling
A judge has ruled that Newfoundland and Labrador’s controversial COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-residents will remain intact. In a ruling released Thursday, Justice Donald Burrage...
It’s easy to point the finger at parties — but younger Canadians spread COVID-19 in all kinds of settings
The virus behind COVID-19 has a knack for slithering through society undetected. Not everyone gets a fever, and not everyone gets a cough....
Regis Philbin and More Celebrity Deaths in 2020
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it comes to icons and stars fans have grown to love. Scroll down to see Us...
3 dead, 24 injured after bus rollover in Alberta’s Jasper National Park
Three people are dead and 24 injured after a glacier sight-seeing bus rolled over near the Columbia Icefield in Alberta’s Jasper National Park. RCMP Cpl. Leigh...
Infant tests positive for COVID-19 at B.C. neonatal ICU as health officials announce 28 new cases
An infant in the St. Paul’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit has tested positive for COVID-19 but is showing no signs of illness, Provincial...
How Montreal’s health experts are dealing with the risks of daily life
Health experts in Montreal — including ER doctors, epidemiologists and infectious disease specialists — are getting haircuts again and hanging out with friends, but many...
Alberta health minister directs doctors’ regulatory college to stop doctors from leaving practices en masse
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro has directed the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to change its standards of practice for physicians...
Doctors, legitimate patients baffled as anti-maskers print off ‘exemption cards’ to flout rules
As an immunocompromised person with a greatly reduced lung capacity, Dave Watson doesn’t mince words when it comes to anti-maskers in Toronto who are...
Sidelined: For many Black coaches, the last step up the ladder can seem insurmountable
During his eight years as men’s basketball coach at Red Deer College in Alberta from 2011-19, Clayton Pottinger compiled a record that would...
How a Canadian woman pushed a popular South Asian matchmaking site to drop its skin-tone filter
When Meghan Nagpal decided to take her chances at finding love by signing up for a popular matchmaking website, she never expected to...
