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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Brianna Shereck was at odds between getting ahead in her career and caring for her two pre-school aged children.  “If you’ve ever had kids in daycare, you’re familiar that they get sick all of the time,” said Shereck. In 2019, she took five weeks away from …

It’s an experience Dr. Heather Patterson says saved her career. When she wasn’t working as a physician in the emergency room in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, she was behind the lens, documenting the happenings in the emergency room. She took photos of her colleagues and their patients, chronicling …

This piece is by Vinnie Naistus, as told to Rachel Hetherington at FASD Network of Saskatchewan. It has been edited for structure and clarity with Vinnie’s input and approval. I was at home watching YouTube in March 2020 when I first learned about COVID-19 getting serious. I saw a video that said …

This First Person column is written by Bronwyn Bragg who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. It turns out it is actually difficult to tell if your baby is just congested or if he is having trouble breathing.  This is something …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. (CBC) Data shows that sick leaves in B.C.’s health-care sector are up by a marked amount compared to pre-pandemic levels. According to numbers requested by CBC News, an average of 9.7 per cent of health-care workers in the public system were off sick for at least …

The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ONSIDE program, which provides players with training to increase understanding and awareness about sexual harassment and assault, returns this fall after a hiatus the organization said was due to pandemic restrictions.  The program has not run since 2019, following the cancelled 2020 season and 2021 restrictions on in-person training. …

Hospitalizations for cycling injuries in Canada increased by 25 per cent during the pandemic, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. CIHI, a non-profit organization that tracks hospitalizations and emergency visits across the country, reported last week that between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, the …

More than two years after COVID-19 first struck, Toronto hasn’t gotten back to even half its level of pre-pandemic activity, lagging behind many cities in North America, according to a new study. A joint project between the University of Toronto and the University of California, Berkeley called “Death of Downtown?” compared mobile …

Metro Morning’s food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he’s discovered. This week, he talked to host Ismaila Alfa about a group of Toronto cooks who banded together during the pandemic to launch a sandwich shop.  Cooks coming together during …

There is a growing number of animals looking to find new homes in Toronto as owners who bought pandemic pets at the height of COVID-19 return to work — or struggle with the rising cost of looking after them, city officials warn.  According to Toronto Animal Services, a city-run agency, there has been a 63 …