Nicole Thompson
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Nicole Thompson
Feds urge provinces to keep COVID restrictions in place
Canada's top doctor warned provinces against easing stringent public health measures on Saturday, January 30, 2021, just as the premier of one of the provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic said he hoped to do exactly that in a little over a week.
Spartan Bioscience's rapid COVID-19 test approved by Health Canada
The federal government has approved an Ottawa company's made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed on Saturday, January 23, 2021, as the nation's top doctor warned the virus's impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.
Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat.
More provinces administer COVID-19 vaccines as cases mount
Canada's vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point.
National Student Loan Service Centre backlogged as requests for help soar
Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance.
Why COVID-19 is spreading so rapidly in Brampton
When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue going to work, fear and anger set in almost immediately.
Whole Foods reversing poppy ban for workers, veterans affairs minister says
Grocery chain Whole Foods Market reversed a policy Friday that forbid employees from wearing poppies −− a rule the prime minister described as a "silly mistake."
Whole Foods employee poppy ban under attack by Premier Doug Ford
Grocery retailer Whole Foods Market is facing sharp criticism for a policy that forbids employees from wearing poppies, prompting Ontario’s premier to promise legislation that would prohibit such a rule.
She moved to Canada to escape living under Donald Trump
Melanie Gardner moved to Canada to escape Donald Trump's presidency, but even on the other side of the border she said the stress of the U.S. election is taking a physical toll.
Pledge to end boil-water advisories on First Nations by 2021 delayed by COVID-19, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked back a long-standing promise to lift all boil-water advisories in First Nations by 2021 on Friday, pointing the finger at travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.