Some children across the country have fallen behind on their routine immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, with vaccination rates dropping off by several percentage points in some provinces. Pediatricians and other health officials say the decrease in routine immunizations is concerning as cases of polio — a vaccine-preventable disease — …

Emergency crews are investigating after a transport truck smashed through the brick wall of the Midtown Co-op grocery store in downtown Calgary.  A spokesperson for the Calgary Police Service (CPS), said the driver of the truck fled the scene. Carol Henke, a public information officer for the Calgary Fire Department, said crews …

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to a natural gas pipeline under construction in northern British Columbia have concluded an 18-day tour across Canada aimed at building solidarity with other Indigenous groups over shared concerns about land ownership and consent to development. The Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project is a $6.6-billion, 670-kilometre pipeline that will deliver natural gas from …

Investors in financial markets were ecstatic when the latest inflation data seemed to show that rising prices in the United States had peaked. While business journalists often imply that increasing share values are a universally good omen, it is not clear that many Canadian working people, especially those who don’t …

  For a Belgian-British teenager hoping to become the youngest person to fly solo around the world, a visit to Labrador this week was not just one of the final stops of his journey but also a nod to his family’s aviation history. Mack Rutherford arrived in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Wednesday, …

With a gamma-powered leap and a wink, She-Hulk, the latest superhero with a series, has landed. The new show streaming on Disney+ stars Canadian Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, cousin to Bruce Banner (a.k.a. the Hulk), who, after an accident, finds herself with abilities similar to the green Avenger.  When the trailer first …

A Mississauga man says he worried his family is getting sick because of black mould growing in their co-operative townhouse — and he says the co-op board isn’t moving fast enough to remove it. Steven Tomat, his wife Maria Valeria Hernandez and their four children live in a co-op managed by Springfield Co-operative Homes, located …

This column is an opinion from Graham Thomson, an award-winning journalist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. After weeks of heated rhetoric in the United Conservative Party leadership race, the perceived front runner, Danielle Smith, is trying …

Pharmacists say challenges around sourcing raw ingredients are behind the shortages of over-the-counter children’s fever and pain medication in pharmacies and retail stores across B.C., but they are cautioning parents against stockpiling the products or trying to adjust doses at home. Children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen products, often referred to by the brand names Advil and …

A Michigan judge has ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. in its long-standing dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. In her ruling on Thursday, Judge Janet Neff said the case belongs in federal court — a blow to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s bid to shut down the …