U.S. drug maker Moderna will sign an agreement with the Canadian government today, August 10, 2021, promising to build an mRNA production plant in Canada.
Facing unbearable hip pain and more than a year-long wait list for an MRI in 2020, Judy Duchscher felt she had no choice but to pay $1,500 to get the scan done privately.
With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified to produce hydropower. These projects, advocates say, avoid the damaging impacts of new dams and could generate enough renewable electricity for several million homes.
Rural and remote communities may be the hardest hit by wildfires, floods, droughts or thaws associated with climate change— but given these areas' pronounced importance, all of Canada stands to suffer the consequences.
Police have arrested more than 500 activists camped out to protest old-growth logging at Fairy Creek. But arrests Monday morning mark the first time police have cracked down on the camp headquarters.
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning that Earth is warming faster than previously thought, and a federal election on the horizon, Canadian politicians of all stripes are casting themselves as the ones voters should trust with action.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole announced plans on Saturday, August 7, 2021, to financially support the creation of a Quebec research and development centre on food self-sufficiency.
The Canadian business community appears to be largely supportive of the Quebec government's move to impose the country's first vaccine passport system.
Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece’s second largest island for a seventh day on Monday, August 8, 2021, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and businesses and sent thousands fleeing.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected young people, with a major study of their behaviour over time showing that learning from home meant students were less likely to smoke cigarettes, vape, binge drink or use cannabis, but much more likely to be anxious or depressed.