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A group of four students bundled up in the cold standing in front of a nondescript brick building.

Ontario must do more for international students seeking health care

Man holding hand, giving support and comfort to woman, loved one sick in hospital bed.

MAiD has become routine. Would it be if palliative care was more available?

Line drawing of an assembly of beakers, microscopes, vials, and measuring cups.

Canadian scientific innovation requires global engagement to have impact

A man stands next to a yellow needle drop box that resembles the shape of a mailbox as he looks through a window.

When ideology replaces evidence in the drug poisoning crisis

Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

Four Canadian passports

Birthright citizenship and the politics of “birth tourism”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner shot in profile against a blue sky.

Why “jail, not bail” fails: Doug Ford’s evidence problem

A woman holds a lit candle with signs that say “Save the CDC” and “CDC saves lives.”

Canada can’t rely on U.S. health and food safety as Trump dismantles agencies

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

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could trigger catastrophe in Africa

What shoe fits the 2022 budget?

Most Canadians want higher health transfers, preferably without conditions

A person in a motorized wheel chair crosses a Vancouver street in March.

COVID concerns of disabled people multiply as health protocols lifted

The clock is ticking on the Emergencies Act

Missing the mark on a profound social change with MAiD for mental illness

Scientists work in a laboratory.

Canada needs to grow basic science capacity

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference January 5, 2021, in Ottawa.

Should it stay or go? Ottawa weighs the vaccine mandate for the public service

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