workers
Canada Day: Big parties give way to online shows amid coronavirus pandemic
Canadians celebrated a Canada Day like no other as they marked the national holiday under unprecedented circumstances. Canada Day 2020 took place amid both a...
Virtual Canada Day citizenship ceremony celebrates nurses, care workers
When Sweeny Karande was in her nursing program in India, her teacher presented her with an award as the best outgoing student. “This...
Air Canada cancels 30 domestic routes, closes 8 stations at regional airports
Air Canada is indefinitely suspending 30 domestic regional routes and closing eight stations at regional airports across Canada because of an unprecedented drop in...
Toronto mayor, top doctor want to make masks mandatory indoors
Toronto’s mayor and medical officer of health want non-medical masks and face coverings to be made mandatory in indoor public spaces to help limit...
Zoom chats short circuit a brain function essential for trust — and that’s bad for business: Don Pittis
Ever get the sense there is something vital missing on those Zoom meetings? If so, you’re not alone — and there is Canadian science...
Repatriate Canadian former ISIS fighters and family members, Human Rights Watch urges
The Canadian government is flouting its international human rights obligations by failing to repatriate and provide adequate consular assistance to 47 citizens who...
Military confirms 40 per cent of COVID-positive troops deployed to long-term care homes were asymptomatic
Up to 40 per cent of Canadian troops infected with the novel coronavirus may have been carrying the virus symptom-free while they were deployed to...
Kingston, Ont., declares mask use mandatory at many indoor locations after COVID-19 outbreak
The city of Kingston, Ont., has decided to make mask use mandatory for workers and customers at many indoor public locations following an outbreak...
Supreme Court of Canada could open door to class-action lawsuit against Uber
Canada’s highest court will issue a ruling this morning in a case involving the ride-sharing service Uber that could have broad implications for...
How new American tariffs on Canadian aluminum could backfire
If the Trump administration buys the argument that Canadian aluminum exports have surged and slaps a 10 per cent tariff back on products...
Timing is everything: how Canada got into a pandemic economy — and how it might get out
This is the second article in a series looking at some of the lessons learned from the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Treating racism: Canadian doctors of colour share their experiences in medicine
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across the U.S. and Canada to protest against police brutality after the death...
How one of Toronto’s COVID-19 hot spots is struggling through the pandemic
The community of Thorncliffe Park has the highest rate of COVID-19 infection compared to all the adjacent neighbourhoods, yet it has managed to...
Mexico to resume sending farm workers to Canada after COVID-19 safety agreement
Mexico will resume sending temporary farm workers to Canada after the two countries reached an agreement on improved safety protections for labourers on...
‘He was a good and caring person,’ says wife of migrant worker who died of COVID-19 on Ontario farm
The wife of 31-year-old Bonifacio Eugenio-Romero, a Mexican migrant worker who died of COVID-19 while labouring on a southwestern Ontario farm last month,...
B.C. investigating allegations ER staff played ‘game’ to guess blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients
British Columbia is investigating allegations health-care staff in emergency rooms were playing a “game” to guess the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients, behaviour officials...
