Category: Canada
Religious, Indigenous leaders contend with Sask. unmarked graves finding as Canada Day looms
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Religious and Indigenous leaders are grappling with how to move forward after the preliminary finding…
How the American health system is holding up compared to ours
Everyone’s got an opinion on health care, especially now, as Omicron tests our various systems, exposing their vulnerabilities and overwhelming weaknesses…
Why the delta variant is spreading COVID-19 so quickly — and what that means for Canada
It’s the word on everyone’s mind right now when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic: Delta. The highly contagious variant,…
Why rushing COVID-19 booster shots for everyone could do more harm than good
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday…
Alberta to bring in out-of-province contract nurses as COVID-19 patients fill hospitals
Alberta is working with out-of-province staffing agencies to bring in contract nurses, as hospitals contend with staff shortages and full…
Parents of kids with long-COVID warn that children can develop severe symptoms
Parents whose children have developed long-haul cases of COVID-19 are urging others not to underestimate the virus’s impact on kids as…
They shared a ride to Edmonton. He would later be charged in her best friend’s death
On a sunny morning last September, Leanne McGilvery travelled from Saddle Lake Cree Nation with the man who would soon…
