COVID-19

Here's the thing about the mandatory indoor mask use debate. Like everything else with COVID-19, we're just delaying the inevitable. Cases will rise, either soon or in the fall/winter, and then we'll scramble to implement a policy to try to mitigate it.

More than 180 workers in the sector tested positive over the weekend

The federal Conservatives are calling for an investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have an international charity administer a $900-million program designed to help students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The request is contained in a letter sent to Auditor General Karen Hogan on Sunday in which the Tories argue that "outsourcing'' the Canada Student Service Grant to WE Charity undermines Parliament's ability to monitor the aid program.

Masks: my least favourite topic of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an argument to mandate these in Canada.

The OPA announced the formation of a new diversity task force and consultations to develop its next three-year plan

Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak related to a nail salon in Kingston, Ont., including an employee at another salon. The Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health unit said on Monday that a total of 27 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus are linked to Binh's Nail and Spa.