COVID

Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended accepting the doses even though they were going to be stored for now, saying there's no indication yet provinces won't use them for second doses.

Even at the best of times, mixed messaging is problematic. But introducing it into an information ecosystem that’s rife with bad-faith actors and conspiracy theorists is a recipe for disaster, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

We can make a vaccine passport that maximizes public health benefits while minimizing privacy and other human rights impacts, write Colleen M. Flood and Vivek Krishnamurthy.

In the race to protect ourselves against COVID-19, Canada's government and corporate interests have opted not for solidarity but for charity, a habit that has directly enabled vaccine apartheid, writes Jesse Firempong.

Waterloo started taking COVID-19 vaccine bookings for children as young as 12 on Tuesday as Ontario’s provincial government shifts focus from big-city hot-spot neighbourhoods where adolescents who are not also essential workers have been left out until at least July.

In a moment that's called for the courage of Winston Churchill, Jason Kenney has given Albertans the cowardice of Neville Chamberlain instead, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Ontario’s Education Ministry outlined its financial and operational plans for the 2021-22 school year on Tuesday, telling school boards that pandemic-related funding for the second half of the year is not yet confirmed while requiring them to offer virtual classes for the whole year.

On Monday, Quadra Island experienced the greatest community gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic started as residents took part in a “whole-community” vaccination program.

What do American podcast megastar Joe Rogan, Airdrie MLA Angela Pitt and Alberta’s skyrocketing COVID case numbers have in common? Far more than you might think, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Tenants in Toronto, where market rental rates steadily outpace the increases landlords can legally impose on them, are facing the dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic in a system that encourages landlords to move them on. Some are fighting back.

Actions taken (or not taken) by those in charge of Ontario’s pandemic response have appeared to prioritize short-term economic activity over public health goals, writes Cathy Slavik, a PhD candidate in Health Geography at McMaster University.

Premiers in Alberta and Ontario have shunned science in favour of keeping the economy afloat — but resistance to the best advice of public health officials isn't going to end COVID-19, writes columnist Max Fawcett.