COVID-19

Justin Ling: Doug Ford ignored the advice of the Ontario Science Table. Some considered resigning over the weekend. Now, will the premier listen to their plan?

Justin Ling: We are here because politicians have ignored the core facts of the COVID-19 virus and the main strategies that will clearly fight the pandemic

Nora Loreto: Scientists warned about the danger of superspreader events in workplaces. But across Canada, politicians did little to address them—with catastrophic results.

Canada’s chief science advisor doesn’t recommend a specific approach, but warns that if governments don’t act soon the private sector may steam ahead

The premier of Ontario is said to be announcing new restrictions in the province as the third wave of the coronavirus worsens

Erica Lenti: ’What happens when you can’t escape the news, when it’s your livelihood and an innate habit built into your routine?’

With the scan of a code you may eventually be able to board a plane, or get into a bar. But vaccine passports are also an ethically fraught, logistical nightmare.

Craig Offman: Fifty pages of emails, memos and handwritten notes offer details into a troubled investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak

Yashoda Valliere and her fellow medical students turned helping health-care professionals into its own essential service

While working the frontlines as a med student, Wickenheiser saw COVID’s impact with her own eyes. She volunteered to secure badly needed PPE, and then advocated for fellow athletes.