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Government missed out on an offer of N95 masks at the start of the pandemic: documents
Documents tabled with the House of Commons health committee show the federal government missed an opportunity to purchase critical pandemic-related supplies at the outset of the...
‘We did the best we could’ — a conversation with the co-chair of Canada’s vaccine task force
Dr. Joanne Langley is a pediatric infectious disease physician and a professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology at...
Bracing for ‘a tax season like no other,’ CRA hires private firm to answer Canadians’ questions
Preparing for what promises to be an extraordinarily busy tax season, the federal government is taking the unusual step of hiring a private company to...
Retirement home manager suspended amid accusations his wife got vaccine instead of front-line worker
An Ottawa retirement home manager has been suspended after accusations that he allowed his wife to receive a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine intended...
If we’re serious about building a healthy post-pandemic society, we can’t do it without addressing poverty
This column is an opinion by Richard Matern, the director of research at Food Banks Canada. His past work includes leading large-scale community-based research projects...
Iain Rankin will be next premier of Nova Scotia
Iain Rankin will be the next premier of Nova Scotia. Rankin was elected following a vote by Nova Scotia Liberal Party delegates, with...
Canadian women’s rugby 7s coach Tait removed from role after players’ complaint
A complaint from members of the Canadian women’s sevens team has prompted Rugby Canada to call in an independent investigator and revamp the...
Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can
Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations....
Canada hesitates to update public health guidelines on risk from coronavirus variants
The rapid spread of more contagious coronavirus variants across Canada has led some hard-hit regions to question whether national public health guidelines go...
What is COVAX and why is Canada getting backlash for receiving vaccines from it?
Amid a massive immunization effort, the Canadian government is finding itself on the defensive for its decision to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the...
Arriving in Ontario from another country by plane? You’ll need to take a COVID-19 test starting today
The latest: Ontario is reporting its first case of the more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus first discovered in South Africa, as new rules...
Edmonton woman out $320 as e-transfer fraudsters cash in during pandemic
Alysia Lok may be the creator of a brand of sweet snacks, but says she’s soured on how few protections can exist when...
COC has spoken to federal government about COVID-19 shots for Canadian Olympians
The Canadian Olympic Committee has spoken to the federal government about having Team Canada vaccinated prior to going to the Tokyo Olympics. In...
Natural gas vs. methane: How the name influences our view of this fossil fuel
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
Alarming numbers around men’s mental health indicate need for national response
This column is an opinion by Rob Whitley, an associate professor of psychiatry at McGill University and a research scientist at the Douglas Research Centre. For more...
Ottawa to lay groundwork for new Indigenous health legislation
The federal government will cap two days of meetings this week into eliminating anti-Indigenous racism in the health-care system by announcing plans to...
