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OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

What is the state of animal welfare more than a year into the crisis?
OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare decades of drug policy failures

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare decades of drug policy failures

The pandemic has simultaneously intensified the problem and laid bare the urgent and immediate need for radical change to Canada’s drug policies, researcher say
BEYOND LOCAL: Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech

BEYOND LOCAL: Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech

Research indicate that many adults who stutter also experience psychological problems, including anxiety, depression and social phobia, as well as applying stigma about stuttering to their self-identity
COVID-19: Pandemic may produce dramatic changes in life expectancy, birth rates and immigration

COVID-19: Pandemic may produce dramatic changes in life expectancy, birth rates and immigration

Researchers still studying the long-term implications of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on populations
CANADA: New survey a 'first step' to dismantling anti-Black racism, says researcher

CANADA: New survey a 'first step' to dismantling anti-Black racism, says researcher

Seven in 10 Black Canadians have experienced racism on a regular or occasional basis, suggests a preliminary study that experts are calling a "first step" toward dismantling systemic discrimination.
CANADA: Feds extend border closure until June 21

CANADA: Feds extend border closure until June 21

Border closed to non-essential travel for another month
WORLD: Canadians in Japan say the Olympics should be cancelled

WORLD: Canadians in Japan say the Olympics should be cancelled

Anywhere from 60 to 80 per cent of Japanese residents in polls say it is their wish that the Games be cancelled
CANADA: Rising rates of domestic, social violence during COVID-19

CANADA: Rising rates of domestic, social violence during COVID-19

Reports show an increase in domestic violence and possibly in child maltreatment during the pandemic
COVID-19: Ethical dilemma of mandatory masking in the pandemic-era retail industry

COVID-19: Ethical dilemma of mandatory masking in the pandemic-era retail industry

The inability to mask for medical reasons raises important questions about the application of well-established principles of human rights law to the retail sector
Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date

Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date

Ottawa is distributing hundreds of thousands of AstraZeneca doses to the provinces, some of which are sitting on soon-to-expire stockpiles