Canada building facilities to make vaccines for COVID-19 and other viruses here
In the initial sprint to create a vaccine for COVID-19, Pfizer and Moderna crossed the finish line first. But for Canadian researchers who continue to work away…
Ontario couple faces charges over 1st cases of new COVID-19 strain, detected only by fluke
The first known cases in Canada of the U.K. variant of the coronavirus were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing…
Canadian internet sleuths, anti-hate group helping to identify Capitol rioters
As more and more cellphone videos surface of the storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., last week, Canadians are leading some of the efforts to document…
Military medical intelligence warnings gathered dust as public health struggled to define COVID-19
Public health officials failed to cite early warnings about the threat of COVID-19 gathered through classified military intelligence as the pandemic crisis emerged a year ago, CBC…
RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak
Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate potential criminal negligence in…
Can Wall Street help us find the true price of water?
You could be forgiven if, amid the recent chaos of COVID-19 and U.S. politics, you missed some news related to what is arguably Canada's most valuable mineral…
Father-son team allege Tim Hortons took their COVID-safe lid applicator idea
Father-and-son team Yoland and Shaun Talbot thought they'd hit the jackpot with Yoland's very first invention. But instead of a massive, almost million-dollar sale to a national…
Ontario’s new COVID-19 modelling to show ICUs full by early February: sources
Ontario's latest COVID-19 modelling will project the province's intensive care units to be filled beyond capacity by early February, and will also show how a new, more…
How I spent a year learning to respect my body instead of wishing for a different one
This is an opinion piece by Martha Neovard, a childbirth and infant feeding educator — and a mother of three — in southern Saskatchewan.For more information about…
Quebec’s COVID-19 curfew officially takes effect
Smartphones across Quebec buzzed Saturday with an emergency alert like no other: Be inside by 8 p.m., or face a fine.In an open letter posted to Facebook,…
Most new Order of Canada appointees are white men, despite diversity-boosting efforts
Most of the new appointees to the Order of Canada in 2020 were white men, despite some progress made in boosting the diversity of the elite group.Of…