A student at an east Ottawa high school says officials have been too slow to respond to concerns about doors missing from some boys’ bathroom stalls, raising privacy concerns among the student body. “I want the school to be held accountable for it,” said the Grade 12 Gloucester High school …

Unreserved54:00Sacheen Littlefeather It was one minute of Sacheen Littlefeather’s life seen literally around the world. A minute that would have an untold impact on the young actor and activist’s life.  And it almost didn’t happen.  On March 27, 1973, the 26-year-old Apache/Yaqui woman walked onto the stage at the Dorothy Chandler …

Brian Steinman was staying with his twin brother Aaron in Keswick, Ont., last December when tragedy struck. Aaron Steinman and his fiancee found him in the basement. He had just collapsed after suffering a stroke. The 26-year-old was rushed to hospital, and even after he was put into a medically-induced coma and given numerous …

More than a month after Alberta children under five became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, uptake is slower than expected, and some experts are urging parents to consider the shot as fall approaches. According to provincial data, 4.6 per cent of kids between the ages of six months and four …

Victoria council has voted to defer a much-anticipated decision on a contentious housing initiative that could effectively rezone all single-family properties in the city to allow other types of housing to be built. Mayor Lisa Helps said a decision was made to defer the debate to the next council after the …

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Bivalent vaccines — which target more than one strain of the coronavirus — are making their way into Canada, with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant BA.1 …

How well can you remember the names of cartoon characters from your childhood? Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and Pikachu are easy enough. But a non-descript cartoon elf seen in a Christmas photo has had the internet stumped for years, with some losing sleep trying to figure out exactly where it came …

Dr. Etienne van der Linde spent his entire career preparing for the call his emergency room received on the afternoon of Sept. 2. The protocol was massaged into muscle memory throughout 21 years of practice, lying dormant until the right words sprang it into action. Code Orange. Mass casualties. Be ready for anything. There was …

Aurora residents are in for a big change when they head to the ballot box for October’s municipal election as the town shifts to a ward system for the first time, but some candidates for council aren’t so sure it’s a good idea For years, citizens of the municipality, located in central …

Joanna Vlahos has worked in Jasper National Park’s L&W restaurant since she was young, her daily routine of cleaning and preparing going nearly uninterrupted for decades. But with the power going in and out for nearly a week, Vlahos has struggled to keep food prepared for the Jasper, Alta., restaurant. “You …