Canada

Indigenous communities in oil sands country are taking the first steps to wean themselves off fossil-fuelled electricity. But even those who’ve made inroads are shying away from diesel-free ambition.

Actually, his name is Kevin, and he and his team at Ottawa Public Health have been a rare source of sincere, useful and sometimes funny information through the pandemic

Justin Ling: Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation’s penal system is not just failing, it’s making things worse.

Vaxx Populi: The benefits of prioritizing by age—oldest first—are already showing. And clear, positive messaging works.

"If people want to keep things open, the only way to safely do that... is to do regular testing"

Image of the Week: This worked for a B.C. man who knows a thing or two about wild animals. Don’t try it at home.

Vaxx Populi: Some scientists think using different types of vaccines might confer more protection against variants of concern. A study could provide the evidence.

Politics Insider for Feb. 22: The House votes on whether to call China’s treatment of Uighurs ’genocide,’ François Legault appears to have vanquished the decades-old political order in Quebec, and Justin Trudeau gears up for his first meeting with Joe Biden

B.C.’s health officer sits down with senior writer Paul Wells to discuss the challenges of managing a year-long health crisis, and what comes next

With schools in the province reopening this week, many conflicted parents are wondering what improvements have been made. No one quite seems to know.