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Un avenir sans COVID est à portée de mains, un avenir où on pourra en toute sécurité donner des câlins, un avenir où nous n’aurons plus à cacher nos...

Prisons have been major vectors of COVID-19 transmission around the world. Canada’s provincial and federal prisons recently passed the 5,000-case mark, with at least 4,000 prisoners and 1,100 staff...

Effective communication can save lives. In a crisis or emergency, it’s essential that people have access to accurate information from trusted sources to protect themselves. Yet, in our highly fragmented mediascape with...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on long-term care institutions in Quebec. More than nine per cent of the residents of the centres d’hébergement et de soins de...

No, it’s not the virus’s fault as Ontario’s deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe suggested earlier this month. Observing the disastrous response to the second wave...

L’administration des premiers vaccins contre la COVID‑19 fait ressortir la nécessité de suivre de près le déploiement des campagnes de vaccination. Le gouvernement fédéral a admis l’importance des données...

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 10th month in Canada, public attention is focused on the rollout of a massive vaccination program. Reviewing the volume of information from the...

Personal possession and use of all drugs in Canada should be decriminalized immediately, but we need to go further. To combat the illegal market and save more lives, we...

Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (MAiD), proposes to expand access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable....

Canada seems poised for a resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, with vaccines planned for roll-out in the coming months. On Dec. 9, Health Canada authorized the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s...