conspiracy theories

Quebec's decision to delay its vaccine mandate deadline for health-care workers is a sign of the tough choices other provinces will face as they attempt to implement similar policies, experts and advocates say.

Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, August 30, 2021, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be trusted to govern after election day.

While Erin O’Toole has tried to present a positive and policy-oriented face to Canadians during this election campaign, he is stewarding a party that still boils with hatred for his opponent, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

If Conservatives ever want to win an election again, they need to trade populism for pragmatism, says columnist Max Fawcett.

Kids in Canada need greater access to up-to-date media literacy education to help them navigate what’s real and what’s fake or misleading online, experts say.

Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities, experts in Canada say.

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health official, is worried about the amount of false information being floated about the COVID-19 pandemic.

To celebrate five years of award-winning independent journalism, Canada’s National Observer is releasing an in-depth report on election disinformation, Digital Fractures: Disinformation, Democracy and the Media, and presenting a special six-part instalment of its Conversations series.

Chief science adviser Mona Nemer talks to Canada's National Observer about how her work changed dramatically with the pandemic and why it is important to continue paying for fundamental science to prepare for the next crisis.

A lively crowd gathered outside Francois Legault's office in downtown Montreal in mid-July to send a message to the Quebec premier: his government cannot force them to wear masks in indoor public spaces to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Coronavirus denial shares many similarities to climate denial, the dismissal of the scientific consensus around global warming.

Half of Canadians believe they're not getting the whole truth from their governments about COVID-19, a new poll suggests, and some also believe conspiracy theories about where the novel coronavirus began.

Canada's governor general attacked conspiracy theories and anti-science, praising history as a “very relevant subject, especially in today’s fast-paced world of instant, global communication.”