Nicole Thompson
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Most Canadians in favour of vaccine passports for non-essential activities: poll
A majority of Canadians support a system that would require proof of vaccination to access some non-essential services, a new poll suggests as the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic takes hold.
Cleanup underway after Barrie tornado destroys home and injures several
The central Ontario city of Barrie will turn its attention to clean-up today, July 16, 2021, after a twister tore through a neighbourhood, damaging homes and injuring several people.
Catholics soul-searching after residential school discoveries
Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church isn't his first reckoning with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second.
The way to the end of Canada's COVID-19
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, COVID-19 experts say, even if it's hard to see it while more contagious virus variants plunge parts of Canada into the third wave of the pandemic.
Ottawa promises $40M in carbon tax cash for upgrades to 172 Ontario schools
The federal government will spend more than $40 million of carbon tax revenue to make Ontario schools more energy efficient, the environment minister announced on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Vaccine tourism is unethical and bad business practice, experts say
Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue.
Stress of lockdown putting victims at risk
The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop a rising tide of reports of domestic violence, experts say, warning that the stress of life in lockdown continues to put victims at risk.