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Saskatoon·Opinion This opinion piece is by Dr. Anne Huang, who is a Canadian and U.K.-trained physician. She was a former deputy medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and Indigenous Services Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch in Saskatchewan. A worker cleans the door handle of a downtown …

Canada Proposal comes after report reveals Black-led organizations are significantly underfunded. Eugenia Addy remembers what it was like as a young Black girl in Toronto’s The East Mall, trying to envision her future. “I grew up in one of the communities that we do work in, and really not being …

Health·Second Opinion Ontario’s failure to control the third wave of the pandemic has led to a massive surge in COVID-19 in hospitals with devastating consequences on the delivery of health care to millions of Canadians. More than 700 patients with COVID-19 are currently fighting for their lives in Ontario ICUs …

Health·New Ontario is in the midst of an unprecedented health-care crisis as the pandemic’s third wave worsens. Front-line doctors say it could have been avoided had Ontario acted more decisively on early warnings. When Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the current stay-at-home order on April 7, he said the province’s …

Business Several Canadian entrepreneurs are plunging ahead to launch new tourist attractions, despite surging COVID-19 cases in some regions. They say they can’t press pause on projects started before the pandemic, and are pinning their hopes on vaccinations turning the tide — ideally before summer holiday season. A rendering of …

Edmonton Suncor Energy pleaded guilty to one count of breaking Alberta environmental legislation after a release of a poisonous gas at its refinery just east of Edmonton. The release of hydrogen sulphide at Suncor’s Edmonton Refinery took place in July 2018. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) Suncor Energy pleaded guilty to …

Edmonton The accused is widely known as ‘Pastor Brad’ in a number of communities, RCMP said Friday in a news release. A photo of Brad Dahr, 53, has been distributed by Alberta RCMP. (Supplied by Alberta RCMP) An Edmonton man has been charged with a series of sexual offences against …

Politics Moderna will send far fewer COVID-19 shots to Canada this month than originally planned as the company grapples with production issues at its facilities in Europe. But its main competitor, Pfizer — which also produces a highly effective mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus — has said it will …

World·THE LATEST Ontario is considering new measures that could make its stay-at-home order even more strict. Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to make an announcement Friday afternoon following another cabinet meeting. With COVID-19 numbers now at their highest levels yet since the start of the pandemic, Ontario is considering new …

Toronto Ontario will step up enforcement powers for police and extend its stay-at-home order to a minimum of six weeks in a bid to stem the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, but won't institute paid sick days — despite modelling showing that cases will remain high through the summer without …