Experts are sounding the alarm on an impending fourth wave of the pandemic — a wave characterized by psychic trauma, burnout, mental illness and economic injury that is projected to be the largest, most enduring health footprint of COVID-19.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Saskatchewan this week made what observers are calling a significant statement by introducing paid leave for those looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine during work time.
During the first wave of COVID-19, emergency department doctors felt as though they were walking through a minefield. Some described the emergency department as almost calm compared to the usual frenzied pace. But there was a new creeping sense of peril and a fear of the unknown.
More than 600 Amazon workers at one warehouse alone have contracted COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. But the online retail giant has registered fewer than five cases at the provincial workers’ compensation board, the Star has learned.
Repeated acts of vandalism occurred at the Waterdown cemetery over the course of the past several days. The latest in the string of incidents happened March 19, shortly after the graffiti had been cleaned off and the damage had been repaired by the City of Hamilton.
For apartment dwellers like Alex Venuto, the COVID-19 pandemic looked like an opportunity. After years of an impossibly tight Toronto vacancy rate, there were reports that the downtown had emptied out, leaving unoccupied units and landlords competing for tenants.
PENTICTON, B.C.—As home prices skyrocket in picturesque Penticton, its city council voted this month to shut down an emergency homeless shelter. This decision led to the mayor butting heads with the province of B.C.’s Minister of Housing David Eby, who has vowed to override their plans.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
“Stay home.” They are two words, strung together into a simple public health directive. But when the province first made this request of Ontario’s 14.5 million residents, Samuel Kisitu wondered what it meant for someone like him.