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How these two Canadian men became stars on a Finnish reality dating show

Health

The problem of Alzheimer’s: Caregiver exhaustion and a minefield of ethical quandaries

Politics

This pandemic is far too important to be left to Ottawa

Health

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

Dear Mom, 'I am nothing like you,' I once thought to myself

Dear Mom, 'I am nothing like you,' I once thought to myself

Opinion

Dear Mom, 'I am nothing like you,' I once thought to myself

'I resented the mother you became, never seeing that perhaps you were the mother I needed you to be,' writes Monica Bobbitt

Latest on Coronavirus

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

Hajdu rises during Question Period in the House of Commons Dec. 10, 2020 (CP/Justin Tang)

Hajdu rises during Question Period in the House of Commons Dec. 10, 2020 (CP/Justin Tang)

Politics

One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging

Visitors arrive at a pop up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at David and Mary Thomson high school in Toronto on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Hundreds of people lined up through the night in the hard hit community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Visitors arrive at a pop up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at David and Mary Thomson high school in Toronto on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Hundreds of people lined up through the night in the hard hit community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

News

Confused by NACI's AstraZeneca recommendation? Why the first shot offered is still the best shot

An entrance is blocked to the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital so staff can screen essential visitors who are the only visitors permitted in Alberta hospitals as part of COVID-19 precautions in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

An entrance is blocked to the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital so staff can screen essential visitors who are the only visitors permitted in Alberta hospitals as part of COVID-19 precautions in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

News

How Alberta's COVID-19 crisis became 'absolutely frightening'

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

Guilbeault speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Feb. 3, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Guilbeault speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons on Feb. 3, 2020 (CP/Adrian Wyld)

Opinion

The real consequences of Steven Guilbeault’s battle with the web giants

Michael Geist: Below the surface of the Liberal government's effort to crack down on big tech lies an even bigger threat—the implications for free speech in Canada

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

Sponsored

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.