Coronavirus

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

The pandemic is breaking parents

Shannon Proudfoot: We’ve done what we were asked to do, at great cost to our wellbeing and that of our young kids. And still, the pandemic cruelty continues.
A grocery store worker clean a work space and plexiglass divider in downtown Vancouver on April 29, 2020 (Jonathan Hayward/CP)

The plexiglass barrier problem

Justin Ling: Vaccines, masks and ventilation are working. So why do governments keep doubling-down on the measures that don’t effectively stop COVID?
Flu Shot 20211019

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Vaxx Populi: In 2020-21, Canada saw just 69 confirmed cases of influenza. Some experts worry we may have lower immunity to the flu, after nearly two years of social distancing.