News/Canada
How the health system is addressing vaccine hesitancy, a looming hurdle in race to end pandemic
Tanya Hayles is not an anti-vaxxer. The Torontonian has made sure her eight-year-old son Jackson is up to date with the standard vaccines,...
Students burnt out by pandemic learning push more universities toward longer winter breaks
When McMaster University student Elisa Do learned last week that her school would be delaying the start of classes in January following the...
Despite 30,000 pandemic-related price-gouging complaints, there have been few repercussions
Within weeks of the coronavirus pandemic being declared, one premier after another made tough promises to stop price gouging on essential products. Yet,...
‘We need a radical change’: Toronto-area students stage walkout to protest racism
York Region Catholic high school students walked out of classes on Thursday to protest what they say is persistent, often unchecked racism in their schools. The...
Buyer beware: Ottawa fails to track thousands of puppies, some carrying diseases, imported to Canada each year
The federal government fails to maintain a central database to track the thousands of puppies imported to Canada every year, CBC’s Marketplace has...
Rising COVID-19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures, extending holiday break
The possibility of COVID-19 forcing another widespread school shutdown worries Theresa Morris, as her seven-year-old returned to her Surrey, B.C., school only about a month ago....
Pandemic ‘pressure cooker’ is driving more couples to seek advice about separation, divorce
Tara Mandarano found herself stressed and frustrated during the COVID-19 lockdown last spring. Like millions of Canadians, she was struggling to work from...
Package didn’t arrive? Don’t get caught between retailers and shipping companies
A Calgary online shopper is told his almost $2,000 drum set was lost in shipping and he’ll have to eat the cost. A Vancouver...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Friday
The latest: Faced with mounting COVID-19 case numbers, Quebec is considering temporarily closing schools as part of its efforts to “break” the second...
Marketplace tested over 20 different masks. Here’s what will best protect you and others during the pandemic
Wearing a mask is critical to reducing the spread of COVID-19, but rigorous tests conducted on behalf of CBC’s Marketplace found that while some...
Remembering In Flanders Fields: Why John McCrae’s poignant WW I words still have power today
Like so many things in 2020, Canada’s Remembrance Day ceremonies will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities will still commemorate their war...
Western provinces report new highs in number of people hospitalized with COVID-19
The latest: BREAKING: Ontario reports record high of 1,426 new COVID-19 cases. Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan set new records for COVID-19 hospitalizations. Manitoba moving to red alert level,...
Calls to Kids Help Phone have surged. Now some counsellors are making a distress call of their own
Kids Help Phone, the charity that offers 24/7 counselling services to young Canadians in distress, needs to listen to the concerns of its stressed staff if...
High schoolers, educators worry condensed schedules will bring ‘information overload’
High schoolers After landing her best-ever grade in math last year, high school senior Kamaldeep Dhillon has struggled with the subject this year...
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Wednesday
The latest: A B.C. health authority facing an uptick in COVID-19 cases — including a recent dance studio outbreak now linked to 36...
