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Respiratory therapy students rushed to front line in COVID-19 fight

Respiratory therapy students at Toronto’s Michener Institute were rushed through the final weeks of their education so they could join health-care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Increased use of PPE during COVID-19 hasn't driven up garbage disposal in Toronto

COVID-19 is causing more discarded gloves and masks to end up in the trash. But with so much of the province shut down, overall waste levels haven’t gone up in Toronto like they did in Wuhan and France.

Tourism operators left to wrestle with B.C.'s COVID-19 reopening plan

B.C. tourism operators being crushed by COVID-19 are hopeful but confused about how the critical summer season will unfold after the province unveiled its plan to reopen the economy on Wednesday.

What our best and brightest are pretty sure is happening with wildlife

It's time to pivot Canada's food system into the 21st century

Over the last two months, our food system has faced unprecedented challenges. Almost overnight, the food service industry, which usually consumes one third of produced, shuttered. Not only is this likely to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses, the supply chains that fed these bars, restaurants and cafeterias have gone through wrenching shifts.

Alberta insults taxpayers, shreds polluter pays and shorts workers 

Rural municipalities have been suffering crisis-level budget shortfalls for years already, as zombie companies wage an escalating property tax strike forcing counties to cut hundreds of millions in services or raise taxes on everyone else.