pandemic

Experts suggest commercial poultry, especially factory-farmed and crowded in barns, is one culprit behind the rapid spread of avian flu. But one response by the Canadian government is to compensate farmers — paying the industry millions for bird slaughters — without requiring improved biosecurity against potential pathogens. Perhaps we should question this approach. 

The government says yes. But the latest climate pollution numbers seem to tell a different story. Barry Saxifrage breaks it down for us.

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.

British Columbia should have been able to anticipate a spike in hate to some degree during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to protect the people who became targets, the provincial human rights commissioner says.

Students converged on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto this week for orientation activities that were missing from the last two years of pandemic-affected academic life.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has told the House of Commons transport committee that COVID-19 is to blame for airport delays.

The combination of a global pandemic, burned-out doctors and nurses, and an increasingly indifferent public has pushed our public health-care system to the brink, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The glitch-prone app touted as an efficient border tool early in the pandemic has become a punching bag for critics who question its utility ⁠ — but ArriveCan may be here to stay.

Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.

Jane Sustrik remembers the sense of fear hanging over her in those early months of the pandemic.

More than six in 10 Canadian teenagers and more than a quarter of young adults have never touched a cigarette, Statistics Canada says, but vaping is growing in popularity among the younger demographic.

There are similarities when it comes to COVID and climate mandates. Both require listening to scientists and health experts, and both confront an assault of misinformation, writes Seth Klein.

Quebec's Health Department began releasing data on the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, a potentially powerful screening tool for detecting trends in the evolution of the pandemic, researchers say, but the data it provides can be imprecise.

The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contracted COVID-19 — again — should serve as a reminder that the virus isn’t done with us, even if a growing percentage of the population has decided they’re done with it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.