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CANADA: How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population

CANADA: How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population

The Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, launched the Canadian Bat Box Project this year to help bat populations recover with the assistance of community scientists
CANADA: Why women are owning the podium at the Tokyo Olympics

CANADA: Why women are owning the podium at the Tokyo Olympics

Part of the story of the success by the Canadian women could be gender parity — Tokyo 2020 has been lauded as the first gender-balanced Olympic Games in history
COVID-19: Health Canada updates Pfizer's vaccine label to include 'very rare' reports of Bell's Palsy side effect

COVID-19: Health Canada updates Pfizer's vaccine label to include 'very rare' reports of Bell's Palsy side effect

In their announcement Friday, Health Canada says there has been a "small number" of people in Canada and around the world who have experienced the side effect.
ONTARIO: Government hoping mediator can resolve pending OHIP eye care coverage issue

ONTARIO: Government hoping mediator can resolve pending OHIP eye care coverage issue

A spokesperson for the minister of health blames previous provincial governments for 'failing to build a meaningful relationship with the Ontario Association of Optometrists.'
BEYOND LOCAL: Lack of exercise linked to increased risk of severe COVID-19

BEYOND LOCAL: Lack of exercise linked to increased risk of severe COVID-19

For many people, park and playground closures during COVID-19 meant having even fewer exercise options
BEYOND LOCAL: Latin Americans face a stubborn pay gap in Canada, data shows

BEYOND LOCAL: Latin Americans face a stubborn pay gap in Canada, data shows

The relationship between immigrants’ and refugees’ education, experience and economic integration matters. It can tell us whether Latinos are unemployed or underemployed or contributing to the Canadian economy, experts say
WORLD: Dramatic women's soccer win caps huge day for Canada at Tokyo Games

WORLD: Dramatic women's soccer win caps huge day for Canada at Tokyo Games

Canada captured four medals on the day, equalling its highest single-day output in Tokyo
BEYOND LOCAL: How skateboarding made it to the Tokyo Games

BEYOND LOCAL: How skateboarding made it to the Tokyo Games

From outlier to Olympic sport, skateboarding is still a quintessentially counter-cultural activity
BEYOND LOCAL: What types of memories are forgotten in Alzheimer’s disease?

BEYOND LOCAL: What types of memories are forgotten in Alzheimer’s disease?

There are different types of memory and not all of them are related to Alzheimer’s disease
ONTARIO: Court rejects government bid to defund student unions

ONTARIO: Court rejects government bid to defund student unions

The government is reviewing the decision, a spokesperson for Jill Dunlop, the minister for colleges and universities, said in a statement