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

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Why Canada’s special forces ‘shadow army’ is still fighting ISIS

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How do you build an iglu that stands 20 feet tall? Very carefully.

News

Is Canada on track to reach herd immunity?

The intersection of Bloor and Yonge in Toronto, in pre-pandemic days. (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

The intersection of Bloor and Yonge in Toronto, in pre-pandemic days. (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

News

Is Canada on track to reach herd immunity?

Vaxx Populi: Recent polling has shown 85 per cent of Canadians have either received a first vaccine dose or want to receive one. And that's up from 76 per cent in February.

Latest on Coronavirus

Liberal voters back Trudeau, Conservative voters support Ford, and round and round we go (Nathan Denette/CP)

Liberal voters back Trudeau, Conservative voters support Ford, and round and round we go (Nathan Denette/CP)

Opinion

Why partisans are responsible for the mess Canada has made of the pandemic

A family member carries a patient who is having difficulty in breathing, to a free oxygen support centre being run by a Gurudwara, a place of worship for Sikhs amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 10, 2021. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

A family member carries a patient who is having difficulty in breathing, to a free oxygen support centre being run by a Gurudwara, a place of worship for Sikhs amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 10, 2021. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

World

Desperately trying to outrun COVID in India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister takes part in a press conference at the Ford Connectivity and Innovation Centre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 8 2020. He was joined virtually from Oakville by the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited Dean Stoneley, and Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Stephen Crawford. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister takes part in a press conference at the Ford Connectivity and Innovation Centre in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 8 2020. He was joined virtually from Oakville by the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited Dean Stoneley, and Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament Stephen Crawford. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Politics

This pandemic is far too important to be left to Ottawa

Kaplan-Myrth uses chalk to designate a waiting area outside her medical clinic in Ottawa (Photograph by Justin Tang)

Kaplan-Myrth uses chalk to designate a waiting area outside her medical clinic in Ottawa (Photograph by Justin Tang)

Canada

This Ottawa family doctor's pop-up vaccination clinic delivered 220 shots in a day

News

Prince Philip leaves a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square in Ottawa on Oct. 15, 1977 (CP)

Prince Philip leaves a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square in Ottawa on Oct. 15, 1977 (CP)

Royalty

Prince Philip dead at 99: Reaction from Canada and around the world

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

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

Health

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

O'Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on March 2, 2021 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

O'Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on March 2, 2021 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Opinion

The Conservative convention: Erin O’Toole pitches for right now

Customers wait to get into the Shoppers Drug Mart at Danforth and Coxwell as people in the age group of 60-64 line up on the other side of the store to await their Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations, in Toronto on March 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Rachel Verbin

Customers wait to get into the Shoppers Drug Mart at Danforth and Coxwell as people in the age group of 60-64 line up on the other side of the store to await their Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations, in Toronto on March 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Rachel Verbin

News

Everyone hates a queue jumper. But are Canada's current vaccine queues fair?

LATEST ON POLITICS

Legault walks to a news conference before Question Period on May 6, 2021 at the legislature in Quebec City (CP/Jacques Boissinot)

Legault walks to a news conference before Question Period on May 6, 2021 at the legislature in Quebec City (CP/Jacques Boissinot)

Politics

François Legault's total dominance: 338Canada

Philippe J. Fournier: In our latest projection, the CAQ party has more safe seats than the threshold for a majority. Meanwhile, the PQ continues to disintegrate.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Cranes and large steel columns at Tesla GigaFactory under construction in Austin Texas on Jan. 4, 2021 (iStock)

Cranes and large steel columns at Tesla GigaFactory under construction in Austin Texas on Jan. 4, 2021 (iStock)

Opinion

Climate action is going to create too many jobs

Embracing technology has allowed companies to flourish amidst the pandemic

Embracing technology has allowed companies to flourish amidst the pandemic

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Embracing technology has allowed companies to flourish amidst the pandemic

(Courtesy of Peter Toth/BC BoxOffice)

(Courtesy of Peter Toth/BC BoxOffice)

Real Estate

These lockdown renovations were done with an eye for post-pandemic living

Why you should move to Sault Ste. Marie

Why you should move to Sault Ste. Marie

Sponsored

Why you should move to Sault Ste. Marie

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

Sponsored

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

MUST READS

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

A message board over a highway in Halifax on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. (Darren Calabrese)

News

Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada

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.