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Hidden camera reveals ‘appalling’ conditions in overseas PPE factory supplying Canadian hospitals, expert says
The wall of noise is constant as the workers manually check, sort and pack a seemingly endless supply of disposable gloves into boxes...
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,...
Some Canadian snowbirds in Florida are already getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Snowbirds who headed to Florida this winter — despite Canada’s advisory not to travel abroad during the pandemic — have discovered an unexpected perk: They...
The trillion-dollar question is how federal spending will position the economy for post-pandemic success
This column is an opinion by Robert Asselin, senior vice-president of policy at the Business Council of Canada, where he leads the development of strategies...
Knitting is helping this Canadian in Italy make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic
When Canadian lawyer Sarah McLean first took up knitting in 2017, she was drawn to the craft her grandmother loved as a way...
B.C. avalanche vicitim loved the outdoors, had safety training, says mother
Suzanne Bowker said her son lived his life to the fullest. He lived fast. He lived on the edge but he lived with...
Exclusive golf course books $1 million surplus, aided by federal COVID-19 relief
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the...
Ottawa granted 1,700 special quarantine exemptions to sports leagues and business travellers
A total of 1,790 people entering Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic have received special ministerial permission to skip quarantine — because their trip was...
In Ottawa’s rush to buy PPE, companies with little or no experience got some of the biggest contracts
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...
Federal COVID Alert app wasn’t working for some users for much of November
The developers of Canada’s COVID Alert app fixed a glitch last week that left some users without exposure notifications for much of November. An update to...
Cold weather brings wet masks and other pandemic-related challenges
There is a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon. But first, winter. We’ve been hearing the warnings for weeks. It’s going to be a...
Alberta planning COVID-19 field hospitals for 750 patients, internal document shows
An internal Alberta government document shows the province has been planning for more than a week to set up indoor field hospitals to...
A robbery won’t keep this restaurant owner from serving up kindness
When Mithun Mathew opened his SpiceX restaurant in St. John’s, serving delicious Indian food wasn’t the only goal he had in mind. Mathew...
Is it possible to make a sustainable smartphone?
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Why Melissa Fumero isn’t a fan of Canada’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine remake
Melissa Fumero blasted Escalade 99‘s absence of Hispanic representation, likewise keeping in mind that the Brooklyn Nine-Nine remake cast a non-Latina starlet to...
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...
