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Doctor at a keyboard.

AI scribes in health care raise risks for patients and privacy

A wide angle on Iqaluit from ridge above it in winter, under a mostly blue sky.

A northern university built on unstable ground

Mark Carney walking past a line of soldiers, including Canadian Rangers wearing their bright red hooded sweaters.

Northern infrastructure needs northern talent

A boy in a red sweater is doubled over face-down in front of a box containing cards. Two women sit on the floor on either side of him.

Who pays when autism-care systems fall short? Mothers do

A dozen or so women are lined up outside.

U.S. expansion of the global gag rule is a leadership test for Canada

A man gesticulates talking to a woman, who is holding the bridge of her nose in a pose of stress.

Criminalizing coercive control is necessary, but not enough

Drawing of a row of office workers sitting in front of computers.

The true test of Quebec’s new workplace stress law

A nurse sits on the edge of a bed talking to a patient. Half eaten food sits on the table nearby.

Break down licensing barriers holding back Canada’s health workforce

When will Canadians benefit from the promised mental health transfer?

Young white woman holds a round, white pill to her mouth, with a glass of water in her other hand.

Put abortion pills into people’s hands

A photo of the sign at the entrance of Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.

Speaking truth to power discouraged in public service

Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North

We’re too attached to our health-care system to properly fix it

Ottawa should push for water fluoridation

A young girl in a classroom wears a mask. She’s doing schoolwork at a desk, with two other students at desks nearby.

Masks in schools: have mask mandates become a proxy for trust in public health?

Families and couples walk down an aisle in the market, looking at the food stalls on wheels. Bright signs light up the area.

What Canada should learn from the Asia Pacific COVID-19 experience

Moins de pauvres en pandémie

Side view illustration of a woman whose head and shoulders have been split into six vertical segments with an orange background.

Mental health care doesn’t need to cost anything

How the government used the pandemic to sharply increase immigration

A racial justice agenda for medicare

Dis-moi si tu crois au complot, je te dirai si tu es vacciné

A round, translucent deep sea creature with two long thread-like tails.

Courts need help to assess science

Two long shelves filled with bins of small packets and plastic containers along with boxes of syringes.

Further loosen restrictions around the splitting and sharing of drugs

Some public service executives ‘burned out’ by crisis management

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