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Recoveries and vaccines: transitioning to a post-COVID-19 Canada

by Jonathan Got | Dec 13, 2020 | Features | 0

I was working in Switzerland when I got sick in March.

OPINION: This ‘action-plan’ is not enough

by Cindy Tran | Dec 13, 2020 | Features, Top Stories | 0

When Cindy Tran joined Pembroke’s diversity roundtable this year, she wanted to make lasting change. But months later, she reflects on slow steps to address systemic racism.

‘Shaken us out of our complacency’: how the pandemic has shifted barriers to accessibility

by Ian Campbell | Dec 12, 2020 | Features | 0

When Anne Malone first ventured out into a grocery store in the early weeks of the pandemic, the experience was disorienting.

‘Look after your mom friends’: A new mother’s experience during the pandemic

by Catherine Duffy | Dec 11, 2020 | Features, Top Stories | 0

With COVID-19 restrictions picking up, moms feel disappointed and alone.

In Ottawa, a long wait for a family doctor brings extra hurdles in pandemic

by Rebecca dePencier | Dec 11, 2020 | Features | 2

Without a family physician, you either have to seek care at a walk-in clinic or the emergency...

‘Sunlight is our only vitamin’: Community members in Arviat, Nunavut worry for mental health as isolation period continues

by Sarah Pledge Dickson | Dec 11, 2020 | Features, Top Stories | 0

Community members worry about mental health as COVID-19 cases continue to climb and the days get shorter in the northern hamlet of Arviat, Nunavut.

Online chess makes its move on pandemic players

by Jon Rudnicki | Dec 10, 2020 | Features | 0

Over the past year, online chess has seen a significant spike in interest as people find themselves stuck at home.

Surviving the pandemic: the Canadian cannabis industry

by Cassandra Yanez-Leyton | Dec 8, 2020 | Features | 0

Eric Lewinson was not fazed when, at the end of March, right at the outset of the pandemic, he committed to opening at least three Canna North Cannabis Stores in his hometown of Ottawa.