When it comes to what the government wants us to eat, a picture is worth a thousand words. The newest version of Canada’s Food Guide contains plenty of words designed to encourage healthy eating habits, as well as one picture representing a summary of all the dietary advice. The picture is of a plateful of … Read more
Good evening, these are the top coronavirus headlines tonight: top headline: Here are five things to watch to determine how Canada will cope with COVID-19 in the coming months Two Canadian tech firms held a hackathon over the weekend where each independently recreated the ArriveCan app – illustrating that the Canadian government overpaid for the … Read more
With three of her six children now sick with a cold, Stephanie Goddard says a shortage of children’s medication across Canada is making her panic. “I can’t find Children’s liquid Advil or Tylenol anywhere,” she told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview on Wednesday. “And knowing the flu season is right around the corner… my anxiety … Read more
Similar percentages of Canadians increased and decreased their alcohol consumption during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to new research. In an examination of data for almost 30,000 participants in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), 13% reported increased alcohol consumption, and 13.3% reported decreased consumption. Dr Jacqueline McMillan … Read more
A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server investigated the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health, the important health determinants, and disparities resulting from such effects. To fully understand these effects, the researchers designed a pan-Canadian population-based prospective COVID-19: HEalth and Social Inequities across Neighborhoods (COHESION) cohort. Study: How … Read more
Compartir Bookmark Please log in to bookmark this story.log inCreate Free Account Good evening, these are the top coronavirus headlines tonight: top headline: In a bid to match the latest forms of COVID-19, the US Food and Drug Administration asked vaccine manufacturers to tailor their new shots to the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants – but … Read more
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available. 6 am Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 … Read more
Sunday shoppers streamed back into Quebec stores for the first time in three weeks as a measure meant to curb soaring COVID-19-related hospitalization rates in the province came to an end amid declining patient numbers. Most Quebec stores reopened their doors following a three-week ban on Sunday shopping imposed by the government in a bid … Read more
Canadian flags emblazoned with “f— Trudeau” have filled the country’s capital. Signs reading “enough is enough” and “freedom of choice” have been affixed to the gates around parliament, which has become a makeshift camp ground with large boxes of toothpaste packets, toilet paper and other essential supplies. Similar blockades have sprung up in Toronto, Edmonton … Read more
The Canadian dollar strengthened to its highest level in two weeks against its US counterpart on Thursday as China eased restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus and the greenback broadly fell. The loonie was trading 0.8% higher at 1.2790 to the greenback, or 78.19 US cents, after touching its strongest level since May … Read more
