Wild species relied on by billions at risk
A new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction.
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Once again, Liberals put the brakes on lowering patented drug costs
This is the fourth time the government has postponed a 2019 promise to change the price cap on medicines in Canada in an effort to lower excessively expensive drug costs.
A group of medical students join thousands of other climate strikers on the streets of Glasgow
The young medical students standing atop a statue plinth in Glasgow’s George Square last Friday want med schools to teach about planetary health. Nearby, 50 countries this week pledged to develop climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.
Canada enacts stricter COVID-19 quarantine measures
As of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan, the federal government says.
Canada's communities in the North welcome $130M in COVID-19 aid
Northern leaders and businesses are saying $130 million from Ottawa to shore up supply chains and health care during the COVID-19 pandemic can't come soon enough.
Sherman family proud Apotex founder among latest Order of Canada inductees
The family of Apotex founder Barry Sherman says they are proud he is being appointed to the Order of Canada. Sherman was nominated for his entrepreneurship in the pharmaceutical industry as well as his philanthropic support of education and other charities. The Order of Canada cannot be awarded to someone after their death, but Sherman was nominated more than six months ago.
Payette takes on climate change deniers and horoscopes at science conference
One month into her new job as Canada's Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science.