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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino warned Wednesday that those joining convoy protests in Ottawa risk being connected to "dangerous criminal activity." At the start of the week, the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act for…

Ontario is moving schools online for at least two weeks, temporarily closing indoor dining and gyms and pausing non-urgent medical procedures as it faces record-high case counts that, according to public health officials, threaten to…

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly health and medical science newsletter. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Figuring out where you're most at risk of catching COVID-19 is more challenging than…

The latest: More provinces have reduced isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19 Friday in an effort to lessen staffing shortages as the Omicron variant continued to drive diagnoses at record rates. British…

The B.C. government says thousands of students across the province will return to in-class learning Monday despite the risk that the highly transmissible Omicron variant could significantly impact staffing in the weeks to come. Education…

A motion affirming the Liberal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act passed a crucial House of Commons vote Monday, ensuring the expansive powers contained in the act remain in use by authorities thanks to parliamentary…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it has intercepted hundreds of suspected fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination records from people trying to enter the country. As of Oct. 31, border officials had encountered 374…

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. Antisemitism, racism, misogyny,…

With the Omicron variant spreading like wildfire, more people than ever are getting COVID-19 — even those who are vaccinated. And while there are still cases of severe illness in some people who are infected with the virus, the majority of…

Each week, Kalie Hubick joins dozens of others in a Zoom meeting to talk about COVID-19. Hubick is a disability activist who has a compromised immune system. Other attendees include a retired woman in British Columbia who says she feels…

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 —…

Canada has lost sight of the true size of its pandemic, with the number of people infected with COVID-19 now a mystery, as the highly infectious Omicron variant overwhelms testing capacity across the country. Omicron is causing a…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.In the early days of the…

Due to record-high hospitalizations, patients who have COVID-19 are being placed in the same room with double-vaccinated people who do not have the virus, British Columbia health officials said. B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie…

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…