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- 11/28/2021
How has the pandemic affected your life outside of work?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on healthcare workers—and that obviously causes fatigue and stress. Take our poll of your colleagues. - 11/28/2021
Toronto's medical officer of health recommends decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs
Dr. Eileen de Villa is asking for an exemption to a section under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that would apply only to those living in the city. - 11/28/2021
Canada's residential addiction programs need national standards: expert
Rebecca Jesseman, policy director at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, says while health and safety standards for such facilities exist, there are no national standards when it comes to the quality of treatments or qualifications of those providing services. - 11/28/2021
Wary, weary world slams doors shut, fearing omicron variant
Travelers infected with the new version have turned up in a cascading number of countries over the past few days, and new cases in Portugal and Scotland have raised fears that the variant may already be spreading locally. - 11/25/2021
Ontario's Ford calls for flight ban, other measures in response to new variant
He says people who arrive before a proposed ban is implemented should be tested and forced to quarantine, including people who arrive today. - 11/25/2021
MP to fight Liberal plan to axe charity status for anti-abortion pregnancy centres
Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion. - 11/25/2021
In one bill, Liberals push sick leave and crack down on healthcare worker harassment
The bill would provide 10 days of paid sick leave to federally regulated workers, a contingent that makes up a small percentage of the overall Canadian workforce. - 11/25/2021
Israel warns of 'emergency' after detecting new virus strain
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation'' after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant and barred travel to and from most African countries. - 11/25/2021
What we know (and don't know yet) about the new COVID-19 variant that emerged in South Africa
Even though some of the genetic changes in the new variant appear worrying, it's still unclear if the virus will pose a significant public health threat.