B.C. tourism operators being crushed by COVID-19 are hopeful but confused about how the critical summer season will unfold after the province unveiled its plan to reopen the economy on Wednesday.
"You’re taking a population that’s been suffering this year, and then you don’t want to put that population more at risk," says a biology professor who organized initiative.
Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today, May 7, 2020, cost-sharing agreements with a number of provinces to top up the wages of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada is on track to complete its millionth test for COVID-19 sometime in the next 24 hours but is still falling far short of the number of daily tests the country's chief public health officer said last month should soon be possible.
British Columbia has reached the point in the COVID-19 pandemic where it will start a gradual reopening of the economy while also allowing social interactions between families, friends and communities to increase.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto has greatly expanded its virtual services since the pandemic, and advocates are hoping to keep the momentum going even after physical restrictions are eased.
Critics and green advocates say Ontario Power Generation's purchase of three natural gas assets from TC Energy will not only make it difficult for Ontario to meet its climate targets, it will also hurt ratepayers' wallets.
“I could have been that missing woman — I would have been just another missing woman in a camp, or just another young Indigenous girl beat up by her boyfriend.” Instead, she decided to fight back.
“Definitely this year, with a possible change in human activity, we might have a possible change in fire numbers and area burned," says one federal fire research analyst.
At a time when the media ranks are shrinking, Canada’s National Observer continues to take deep dives into crucial matters of public policy. Sometimes, we do this through partnerships and collaborations such as the ‘Tainted Water’ series from 2019 and ‘Price of Oil’ investigations from 2018.