Study suggests vaccines may improve symptoms for some COVID-19 long-haulers
Elaine McCartney typically keeps a list on hand of her 30 or so health issues following a bout of COVID-19 a year ago— in part because she…
Teachers warn that some students have ‘checked out’ of school, and it will be hard to get them back
Toronto-area high school teacher Kirby Mitchell has long focused his attention on students who've been labelled as having behavioural issues, who are often racialized, marginalized and teetering…
The Unsaid Reason Oprah And Stedman Aren’t Married
Nearly 30 years ago, Stedman Graham, then 41, actually did pop the question to the 38-year-old Oprah Winfrey Show host by telling her matter-of-factly, "I want you…
Shortage of N.B. health-care providers forces student to pay out of pocket to see gynecologist
Mhàiri Agnew has suffered from recurring abdominal pain for more than half of her life.When she first complained as a child, her longtime family doctor in New…
Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured
Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance.The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been laid off from…
Scientists, First Nations team up in fresh attempt to revive struggling B.C. herring stocks
Vancouver's Coal Harbour hardly looks like a setting for a potential wildlife refuge. Noisy float planes skitter to and from a nearby dock, storm sewers empty into…
‘It excites people’: First Nations artists give beadwork a modern twist
The longstanding tradition of beadwork is taking on a new twist among young First Nations artists who've developed a long string of social media followers, helping many…
CRA has found 35 cases of tax dodging in the Panama Papers leak, 5 years later
Five years after one of the world's biggest leaks of financial records exposed the tax-haven dealings of politicians, athletes, celebrities and mobsters, the Canada Revenue Agency has…
Protesters must clear Vancouver Island blockade or risk arrest after logging company wins injunction
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction against protesters who have been blocking a forestry company for eight months from operating on Vancouver Island. The…
Gym outbreak in Quebec City leads to more than 140 COVID-19 infections
At least 141 people have contracted COVID-19 in connection to an outbreak at a gym in Quebec City, the regional health authority confirmed Thursday.The outbreak at Mega…
This is your brain on pandemic: What chronic stress is doing to us
Back in the 1980s, there was a public service announcement on TV that you may remember — or may have seen on YouTube.A guy in a kitchen…