How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the country at a…
Solar windows, shingles and cladding? The building itself is now the solar panel
When you walk through the sun-filled atrium of the Edmonton Convention Centre or glimpse the dramatic sloped roof of the Varennes Library in suburban Montreal, it's not…
How Canada’s vaccines make it from the factory to your arm
You walk into the vaccination centre at the Palais des congrès, Montreal's downtown convention centre, and the operation is almost like a dance. Soon, the vaccine's in…
Uber’s proposed revamp of provincial labour laws would cement the notion that gig workers are not employees
This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a socialist writer and host of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast. For more information about CBC's Opinion section,…
A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry
Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador."We all thought that…
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and seniors: Where Canada and other countries stand
Canadians now have a third option to protect against COVID-19 after Health Canada approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last Friday. But questions remain about whether it should be…
Raptors’ Nurse, Siakam to miss Friday’s game due to COVID-19 protocols
Assistant coach Sergio Scariolo took charge of the Toronto Raptors on Friday night with head coach Nick Nurse and five other members of his staff sidelined because…
WestJet cutting jobs and slashing flight capacity by 1/3
WestJet is cutting jobs and slashing its flight capacity by a third because of what the airline calls "instability in the face of continuing federal government travel…
Why millions of dollars in pandemic aid is going to corporations making healthy profits
This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first eight months…
Canada reaches grim milestone of 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The latest: Long-term care workers, residents should be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine, committee says. Quebec reports 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, day…
Is it possible to make a sustainable smartphone?
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