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The long road to clean power for First Nations communities

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Friend rentals and robots: How businesses are creating solutions for the loneliness epidemic

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Health

COVID-19 in Canada: How our battle to stop the pandemic is going

People sit on the blue chairs of the Promenade des Anglais before their removal to avoid public gatherings during the second national lockdown as part of the measures to fight a second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nice, France, November 12, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

People sit on the blue chairs of the Promenade des Anglais before their removal to avoid public gatherings during the second national lockdown as part of the measures to fight a second wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nice, France, November 12, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Business

Friend rentals and robots: How businesses are creating solutions for the loneliness epidemic

Companionship and cuddles are on sale as 'the loneliness economy' takes off amidst a spike in the rate of isolation

Latest on Coronavirus

A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday in the Medical Center in Jerusalem. Israel had by this point vaccinated over four and a-half million of its nine million citizens; three million had been given a second dose. (Atef Safadi/EPA via CP)

A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday in the Medical Center in Jerusalem. Israel had by this point vaccinated over four and a-half million of its nine million citizens; three million had been given a second dose. (Atef Safadi/EPA via CP)

Vaxx Populi

Israel is the world leader in vaccinations. What can Canada learn from them?

A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Jan. 7, 2021 (CP/Nathan Denette)

A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a UHN COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Toronto on Jan. 7, 2021 (CP/Nathan Denette)

Ottawa

Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story

Dr. Bonnie Henry sits down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

Dr. Bonnie Henry sits down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

News

Dr. Bonnie Henry sits down with Paul Wells: Maclean's in Conversation

In this illustration, a ribosome (centre) is producing a protein (red) from an mRNA template (multicoloured); the COVID-19 vaccine uses mRNA to teach our bodies to recognize and attack the virus’s protein (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)

In this illustration, a ribosome (centre) is producing a protein (red) from an mRNA template (multicoloured); the COVID-19 vaccine uses mRNA to teach our bodies to recognize and attack the virus’s protein (Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)

Science

Researchers looking for mRNA were ridiculed by colleagues. Luckily, that didn’t stop them.

News

A selfie Kevin Parent sent to his wife at 10:30 on a Sunday night early in the pandemic, when he was sprawled on the floor of his office writing copy for the Ottawa International Airport to display on its information screens (Courtesy of Kevin Parent)

A selfie Kevin Parent sent to his wife at 10:30 on a Sunday night early in the pandemic, when he was sprawled on the floor of his office writing copy for the Ottawa International Airport to display on its information screens (Courtesy of Kevin Parent)

Canada

Good job, Bruce: The guy behind North America's top public health Twitter account

Medium security range at Stony Mountain Institution in Stony Mountain, Manitoba (Correctional Services Canada/Flickr)

Medium security range at Stony Mountain Institution in Stony Mountain, Manitoba (Correctional Services Canada/Flickr)

Canada

Houses of hate: How Canada's prison system is broken

Nurses administer rapid COVID-19 tests at a construction site n Toronto on Thursday, February 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Nurses administer rapid COVID-19 tests at a construction site n Toronto on Thursday, February 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

News

Rapid tests for COVID-19 are crucial for Canada's pandemic recovery, say experts

How do you pick up a wild lynx? Damned carefully.

How do you pick up a wild lynx? Damned carefully.

Canada

How do you pick up a wild lynx? Damned carefully.

LATEST ON POLITICS

Machin resigned this week as head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Machin resigned this week as head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Ottawa

That'll teach you, Mark Machin. I'm just not sure what.

Paul Wells: A quasi-public official did something the government refuses to forbid. So sure, get angry. Meanwhile I keep thinking of other things you could be enraged about.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Vancouver House (Courtesy of Ema Peter/Westbank)

Vancouver House (Courtesy of Ema Peter/Westbank)

Real Estate

Canada's condo amenity wars

Despite endless political urgings for people to pull together, depression and anxiety are rampant (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

Despite endless political urgings for people to pull together, depression and anxiety are rampant (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

Opinion

Capitalism's connection to our ever-worsening mental health

The 'safe bets' and 'wild cards' needed to meet Canada's net zero emissions target

The 'safe bets' and 'wild cards' needed to meet Canada's net zero emissions target

Opinion

The 'safe bets' and 'wild cards' needed to meet Canada's net zero emissions target

Crosbie and PC candidate Kristina Ennis campaign in St. John's West earlier this month. (Sarah Smellie/CP)

Crosbie and PC candidate Kristina Ennis campaign in St. John's West earlier this month. (Sarah Smellie/CP)

Canada

Why the b-word—bankruptcy—popped up in the Newfoundland election campaign

Education

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

St Francis Xavier biology lab. (Courtesy of St Francis Xavier University)

Education

University Rankings 2021

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

Woman sitting on couch with computer with two kids playing on either side

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Debunked: four myths about online learning

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

At U of T, a young woman was handcuffed after asking for help with her mental health (Photograph by Christopher Katsarov)

Education

Inside the mental health crisis at Canadian universities

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Carson (right) and her mother, Kirsten Korchinsky, outside their Calgary home(Photograph by Leah Hennel)

Education

University students remain closely tied to their parents—emotionally and otherwise

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Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Thomas Chan. (Photograph by Clay Stang)

Society

Does Thomas Chan belong in prison?

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Crosses on the lawn of the Camilla Care Community nursing home in Mississauga, Ont., in May, representing the residents who died of COVID-19 (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Society

2020 was the year that changed everything

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Spalding in the hospital in June, his daughter’s reflection in the window as she takes a photo (Courtesy of Frances Spalding)

Health

Strict COVID-19 protocols are leaving seniors lonely, depressed and wondering: Is it worth it?

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Refugees and migrants make their way to the Greek island of Lesbos in March (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

Life

Don't give up on hope. The world needs it.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

U.S. President Donald Trump (Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

Washington

Donald Trump's presidency: A shocking list of things he's done