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COVID-19: SARS was 'dress rehearsal for pandemic' but Canada failed health-care workers, report says

COVID-19: SARS was 'dress rehearsal for pandemic' but Canada failed health-care workers, report says

Safety of workers 'has been ignored,' researcher says
BEYOND LOCAL: Parents of online gamers need to think twice before labelling the hobby a 'waste of time'

BEYOND LOCAL: Parents of online gamers need to think twice before labelling the hobby a 'waste of time'

Playing video games can be a fun and healthy way to connect with other people and cope with stress
COVID-19: Making sense of coronavirus tests, terminology

COVID-19: Making sense of coronavirus tests, terminology

Although we’ve rapidly accepted epidemiology-based news, the public hasn’t been given the chance to fully absorb what all these terms really mean
COVID-19: Data suggests Canadians are less willing to fly during pandemic than Americans

COVID-19: Data suggests Canadians are less willing to fly during pandemic than Americans

Citizens of both countries had the exact same information regarding the spread of COVID-19, so it’s interesting to see how differently each country’s travellers reacted
Siblings, grandparents among those to be let in to Canada under new COVID-19 rules

Siblings, grandparents among those to be let in to Canada under new COVID-19 rules

Now eligible for entry are adult children, siblings, grandparents, those who have been in a committed relationship for at least a year
CANADA: New neutron source would spur innovation, medical treatments, expert says

CANADA: New neutron source would spur innovation, medical treatments, expert says

Neutrons have many applications in scientific and medical research
BEYOND LOCAL: There's no evidence that blue-light blocking glasses help with sleep, expert says

BEYOND LOCAL: There's no evidence that blue-light blocking glasses help with sleep, expert says

There is a lack of good clinical research on the advantages of blue-light filtering lenses
COVID-19: How to support online homeschooling through the pandemic

COVID-19: How to support online homeschooling through the pandemic

Keeping up with two-way communication between home and school is one way to support online learners
WORLD: Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus

WORLD: Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus

Hours before Trump announced he had contracted the virus, the White House said a top aide who had travelled with him during the week had tested positive
BEYOND LOCAL: What the history of diversity training reveals about its future

BEYOND LOCAL: What the history of diversity training reveals about its future

Activists and scholars in the diversity inclusion world have expressed growing skepticism about the impacts of unconscious bias training