It’s time to switch to an N95 mask in the battle against Omicron
It’s easier for the virus to move through surgical or cloth masks, experts say, while respirators filter tiny aerosols
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Quebec’s public health director resigns
Politics Insider for Jan. 11: COVID cases continue to peak in Canada; the realities of long COVID; and Ontario will re-open schools
Chronic exhaustion, derailed lives and no way out. This is long COVID.
Up to half a million Canadians are suffering from debilitating symptoms of long COVID—and falling through the cracks of a depleted health-care system
Canada doesn’t have the hospital capacity it needs
Politics Insider for Jan. 10: How the U.S. health care system stacks up to Canada’s; Canada is updating its approaches to China and Russia; and Quebec’s liquor store vaccination policy seems to be working
A Ski-Doo train packed with courage, care and badly needed supplies
Image of the Week: First Nations in northwestern Ontario are rushing to help COVID-stricken Bearskin Lake. By snowmobile, if necessary.
Omicron is wreaking havoc in Canadian hospitals
Politics Insider for Jan. 7: Canada is in for a COVID slog; Erin O’Toole speaks up for the unvaccinated; and Jagmeet Singh’s new baby
Ottawa reaches $40 billion agreement to reform Indigenous child welfare
Politics Insider for Jan. 5: A landmark commitment to Indigenous child welfare; NORAD needs fixing; and a Canada-U.S. trade dispute settles
Ontario locks down, again
Politics Insider for Jan. 4: Ontario’s new restrictions; Newfoundland’s COVID count; and Prince Andrew’s fate
Misinformation is an infection that politicians have left to fester
Editorial: The info wars are on, and our political leaders need to step up and fight back
Misinformation from the U.S. is the next virus—and it’s spreading fast
It’s deadly, malicious and there’s no vaccine. The infodemic is here. But it’s not unstoppable.