Health

The planet is burning, the pandemic runs rampant, millions of refugees are adrift from their homes and Black and Indigenous lives are under constant threat. Now is no time to throw in the towel.

Shannon Proudfoot: Line-ups start at the crack of dawn. Wait times stretch for days. As schools reopen and demand soars, prepare for a new kind of lockdown purgatory.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ilan Schwartz on playing sports, the performative aspects of ’deep-cleaning’ and whether you should steer clear of exhaling smokers

Stamping out the virus regionally in Canada, without a vaccine, is an enticing possibility. But what are the costs?

Sarmishta Subramanian: In just a few weeks our kids will pile into overcrowded, poorly ventilated classrooms. Our voices aren’t being heard. So maybe it’s time to walk off the job (if we have jobs)

Sahil Gupta: As a society, we need to move beyond the Band-Aid response of wellness checks. The first step is a humane approach with mental health teams.

Meet the 84-year-old Hamilton, Ont., man on a crusade to make schoolyards and parks a little less sexist— and a lot more allergy-friendly

For many Canadians, a non-religious face-covering used to signal danger or shame. Now going without one does.

A COVID-19 vaccine will become the most valued resource on the planet, as governments try to get enough for their citizens. But it would all be for naught if they’re unable to convince people to take it when the time comes.

’I had been conditioned to believe that racism was no longer real. So my approach to bullying and abuse has been to suck it up,’ writes Téa Mutonji in a letter to her sister. ’Now, I wonder if I should have spoken out so that, seven years later, you didn’t experience it too.’