Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic
The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.
COVID-19
Final arguments in Coutts blockade trial on murder-conspiracy charges
Lawyers are set to make final arguments to a jury today in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to murder police at the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta.
Use wastewater monitoring as a weapon to stop opioid deaths
There's a need to tackle Yukon's opioid crisis — and the answer may be in residents' toilets.
As measles spreads here is what's true and what is misinformation
Measles is making a comeback globally due to declining rates of routine childhood vaccinations, some due to missed appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quebec court rules province had the right to impose a COVID-19 curfew
A provincial court justice of the peace has upheld the Quebec government's imposition of curfews during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding several people guilty of breaking the health order during a protest.
Hospital admissions break B.C. record as respiratory illness season nears peak
Provincial health minister Adrian Dix says the the situation is challenging but being managed.
What Canada learned during Trump's first term
It's a truism in foreign policy circles that the world learned some hard lessons from Donald Trump's volatile first term as president.
Quebec pork farmers reeling from economic crisis called a 'perfect storm'
Over the last two years, François Nadeau has chosen to do something rare among his fellow Quebec pork farmers: invest in the future.
From COVID-19 to alien contact, conspiracy theories popular in Canada: survey
The Earth is flat. We have been secretly contacted by intelligent beings from other planets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon in 1969. They may sound like bizarre statements, but a new poll suggests a sizable number of Canadians believe in these and other conspiracy theories.
Preston Manning urges federal Conservatives to attack opposition with COVID panel findings
The chair of a taxpayer-funded panel reviewing Alberta’s COVID-19 response is urging the federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings in the next election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing coalition.
Small businesses still hoping for pandemic loan forgiveness extension
As the deadline to repay pandemic loans and receive partial forgiveness approaches, small businesses are still hoping the federal government will reverse course and extend it for another year.
'Freedom Convoy' got more dangerous as protest went on: police testimony
The longer "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators blockaded Ottawa streets in protest of COVID-19 public health restrictions last year, the more volatile the relationship between police and protesters became, an Ottawa police officer testified on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.
Canada's first case of new COVID variant found in B.C.
The BC Centre for Disease Control has detected Canada's first known case of a new COVID-19 variant that has swiftly circled the globe, in what one expert says is a reminder the virus never went away.
More than 1,000 Canadians are fighting CRA over pandemic payments — and some win
In late 2021, Tressa Mitchell was dealing with doctor's appointments for her ailing mother when she got a call from the Canada Revenue Agency seeking information to verify her eligibility for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
How the pandemic challenged libertarianism
With lockdowns and masks being mandated by the government due to COVID-19, some groups more than others felt their rights infringed. Max Fawcett talks it over with a libertarian on the latest episode of Maxed Out.