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Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022

She wasn't born to be Queen, but the accidental monarch transformed the job and inspired great loyalty across her realm → Read More

Canada offers the royals a reset after Caribbean tour fiasco

The royals know from recent experience that a bad start can ruin the whole trip → Read More

How did Newfoundland manage to vaccinate 75 per cent of 5-11-year-olds?

Clear communication, speedy mobilization and a culture of vaccine acceptance has helped the province get first doses to more kids than any province or territory → Read More

Ontario sees the value of rapid tests for COVID—as ever, way too late

Patricia Treble: The delayed response is part of a frustrating pandemic pattern in Canada, where governments fail to recognize the blindingly obvious → Read More

Omicron versus booster shots: The high-stakes race in Canada is on

Most provinces off to a painfully slow start giving third doses of the vaccine, and one expert warns that new variant will make things 'pretty ugly' → Read More

With the Omicron variant on the rise, should you attend your work Christmas party?

Vaxx Populi: Even if you're double-vaxxed and you take a rapid test before arriving, the odds are not in your favour → Read More

Omicron variant will likely be worse than Delta, according to early research

Vaxx Populi: Omicron has a higher effective reproduction number than Delta, so can vaccines protect against more hospitalizations and deaths? Time will tell. → Read More

The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—'the known unknown'

The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network will serve as Canada’s early warning system for variants that could hurl us back into pandemic misery → Read More

What to do as we walk into the pandemic's fifth wave

Vaxx Populi: If the worsening situation in Europe is foreshadowing what's to come, get ready, Canada → Read More

The roadblock to full pandemic recovery: 'Pockets' of unvaccinated Canadians

Vaxx Populi: Reaching tracts of unjabbed rural residents is one of the last key steps toward a pre-COVID normal. But are they willing to get their shots? → Read More

How do I get my vaccine passport? Where will I need to show it?

A province-by-province guide to obtaining proof of vaccination, when you'll be asked for it and who is exempt → Read More

Back-to-school as the Delta variant spreads: How great is the risk?

Vaxx Populi: With so many Canadians still unvaccinated, and a nastier version of COVID on the move, experts are more worried for children than last year → Read More

These happy data warriors do a better job charting the pandemic than your government

Vaxx Populi: A friendly competition between economists is generating the graphs and information Canadians really care about → Read More

What we know about the COVID variant first found in India

How quickly it spreads, how it responds to vaccines and how we can stop it from causing a fourth wave in Canada → Read More

Canada is about to surpass the U.S. in first doses of the COVID vaccine

Vaxx Populi: Canada now has strong supply and demand of vaccine doses and is vaccinating 0.88 per cent of the population daily → Read More

How COVID-19 is spreading in Canada on domestic flights

The virus isn’t just flying into Canada. It’s also on a criss-crossing tear inside our borders. → Read More

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. → Read More

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

The province has the highest rate of active cases in Canada and could see as many as 4,000 new cases a day by May 22 → Read More

What new COVID vaccine modelling says about when Canada might lift restrictions

Vaxx Populi: We need 75 per cent of adults to have a first dose and 20 to have a second. How soon might we get there? → Read More

Eight things to expect at Prince Philip’s funeral (and how to watch it)

Patricia Treble: This is not an episode of 'Bridgerton.' No one wants to upset the Queen. → Read More