EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM — Scotland on Tuesday voted to offer free universal access to period products, becoming the first country in the world to do so. The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously in... Read more »
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia reports 37 new cases of COVID-19 – the greatest number of cases the province has seen since April – Premier Stephen McNeil says it’s “time to take... Read more »
Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally admitting its role in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths over the past two decades. In... Read more »
TORONTO — Ontario’s health-care workers say the government has abandoned them in their desperate, anxiety-ridden struggle to cope with COVID-19. A small-scale study by two researchers released today suggests the workers are... Read more »
TORONTO — A Tennessee ICU nurse has inspired other health-care workers to share how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them by posting before-and-after photos of herself that show the physical toll it’s... Read more »
Premier Doug Ford drew a distinction between Ontarians flouting public health measures through private gatherings and establishments that openly defy the province’s COVID-19 rules Tuesday. The remarks came in response to questions about... Read more »
Two of Canada’s closest allies have laid out plans to distribute new vaccines against the deadly novel coronavirus, with the first shots expected to be delivered in December. Canada, meanwhile, has been largely silent on... Read more »
Memory is as much about the future as it is the past. Whether experiencing something new, or something we’ve experienced a hundred times, people use memories of the past to navigate subsequent... Read more »
TORONTO — A new study has found that the most common symptoms in children who test positive for COVID-19 include a loss of taste and smell, fever, headaches, vomiting and nausea, however,... Read more »
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government announced Tuesday morning that there was a jump in tickets handed out last week compared to the previous one. Enforcement officers handed out 95 tickets and 79... Read more »