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Provinces are likely to introduce mandatory vaccination policies in the coming months to deal with surging COVID-19 caseloads, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said today. "What we see now is that our health care system in Canada is…

The World Health Organization has declared the new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa as a variant of concern and named it omicron.    WHO's technical advisory group on SARS-CoV-2 virus evolution met on Friday to assess the new…

As Thanksgiving approaches, some families will be sharing their love for one another by sitting down for dinner — or perhaps a physically distanced gathering, a FaceTime call, maybe dropping off food. But the same can't be said for all —…

The Ontario government will announce on Thursday that it will lower the age of eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to people aged 50 and older this year, sources say. Two sources told CBC Toronto that the expansion of eligibility is…

The latest: Several provinces have again set new highs in COVID-19 cases, reporting on the first day of 2022 that the highly transmissible Omicron variant continued to drive up infections across Canada.Ontario on Saturday reported 18,445…

Diana Grimaldos keeps getting the same questions from her kids.  "Is the virus gone? Has the virus gone away?"Her seven-year-old daughter, Katalina, has always been an anxious child — but it got much worse during the pandemic.  "She…

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. New Canadian data suggests the bold…

As the highly transmissible Omicron variant fuels record-high case counts, and schools across Canada delay in-person learning, calls are growing for another layer of protection to be added to classrooms — HEPA filters.  Air purifiers with …

This story idea came from audience members, like you, who got in touch with us. Send us all of your questions about COVID-19. We are listening: ask@cbc.ca.Appointments to get the new bivalent booster shots have opened up across provinces in…

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.A new international study featured menstrual cycle tracking data from nearly…

It would be unfair to blame anyone — doctors and nurses, political leaders and health officials, average Canadians — for wanting to never think about COVID-19 again. Even if the pandemic isn't actually over, the desire to move on is evident…

As hospitals strain under the burden of record-high numbers of COVID-19 patients, two former health ministers warn that there is no silver bullet that can reform the health-care system and safeguard it for the long run. "People always want…

Andrew Neumann's hopes of making it home for the holidays have been cast into doubt by the emergence of the omicron coronavirus variant and the swift implementation of new pandemic border restrictions around the world. "It's actually a…

By this point in the pandemic, you've likely had COVID-19 at least once. Maybe twice. Perhaps even three times, as some unfortunate Canadians have experienced, all while this virus evolved to become increasingly savvy at infecting us.It's…

The country's former top soldier says Canada is behind its allies in not having a dedicated agency that can deploy personnel to disasters nationwide.Retired Lt. Gen. Andrew Leslie, who commanded Canada's army until 2011, told CBC News the…

Friendship bracelets made out of colourful plastic beads aren't anything new, but thanks to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, they've seen a massive rise in popularity.Some claim the lyric "So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and…

Catherine Gibson hopes she and her husband can age in place in their south Regina home.That's one of the main reasons she installed an air-source heat pump this past summer."I had been hearing … about heat pumps and how they were the thing…

Cora Young was eight years old when she learned in class that polystyrene foam, the clamshell packaging for some fast-food hamburgers, was one of the products containing chemicals responsible for eating away at the Earth's ozone layer.  "I…

In vacant lots, neglected parks and patches of land along busy stretches of road, residents are gathering to plant trees — lots of them, close together."Tiny forests," which originated in Japan, are popping up across Canada and around the…

It was the spring of 2014, and practically everyone and their grandma was dancing to Pharrel William's catchy upbeat tune Happy, so perhaps then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper could be forgiven for feeling overly optimistic.His hopeful …

Thirty-five summers ago, the late Brian Mulroney opened the world conference on a changing atmosphere in Toronto. Its participants gathered there to discuss the existing threats of acid rain and ozone depletion. It was also one of the first…

What On Earth12:57Rethinking our dependence on carsThe growing need for lithium — a mined metal used in batteries to power electric vehicles (EVs) — could have significant international environmental and social impacts if the U.S. doesn't…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and…

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled "Our Changing Planet" to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and…

Canada's environment minister hopes the next international climate summit will commit to phasing out unabated fossil fuels — oil and gas projects that don't rely on technology to capture their emissions. Steven Guilbeault outlined his…

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says provincial premiers who are calling on the government to scrap a planned increase on the carbon tax have their facts wrong.In an interview airing Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live, Wilkinson…

Canada's newest premier says that in an ideal world, Ottawa would provide his territory with a blanket exemption from the carbon tax."I mean, ideally, a complete exemption for the territory is what we would hope for," said R.J. Simpson, …

Compared to urban dwellers, rural Canadians are more vulnerable to climate change in many ways and face extra challenges to adaptation, says a new federal government report.The "Canada in a Changing Climate" synthesis report, released late…

Most of the people who come to visit Debbie Nightingale's Ontario farm are lured in by a chance to get up close and personal with her herd of friendly goats. But some visit for more practical reasons: to charge their electric vehicles."We…