#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity

#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity

“#The Canadian military: not a picture of diversity” Image of the Week: The chief of defence staff tweeted an uplifting message about the military’s drive for inclusiveness. The photo he included told a different story. Without this accompanying photo, the tweet would have been innocuous—forgotten, probably, like so many well-meaning, brand-building, toothless tweets that disappear…

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#COVID variants: What is Canada doing to hold them at bay?

#COVID variants: What is Canada doing to hold them at bay?

“#COVID variants: What is Canada doing to hold them at bay?” Case counts are falling, and provinces have begun opening up. But experts warn that more contagious strains like B.1.1.7 could soon dominate and lead to another huge spike. During this pandemic, public health officials and experts have developed reputations for being very deliberate in…

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#Will the pandemic force Canada to embrace online eye tests?

#Will the pandemic force Canada to embrace online eye tests?

“#Will the pandemic force Canada to embrace online eye tests?” Getting new eyeglasses during the pandemic has been an unattractive prospect for Canadians anxiously guarding their health, or their spare time. A conventional, in-person visit with an optometrist typically entails an examination in a small, enclosed space, followed by an appointment-only trip to a shop—perhaps…

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#Erin O’Toole’s goal: To be blandly reassuring

#Erin O’Toole’s goal: To be blandly reassuring

“#Erin O’Toole’s goal: To be blandly reassuring” These days the federal Conservative party’s website is so scrupulously bland I wondered at first whether I was in the right place. The opposition party’s website used to be one-stop shopping for messages designed to provoke Conservative supporters’ outrage and collect their donations. Two years ago the website’s…

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#Can two people who’ve been vaccinated hug each other?

#Can two people who’ve been vaccinated hug each other?

“#Can two people who’ve been vaccinated hug each other?” Vaxx Populi: Theoretically, the answer to the question should be a qualified yes, but new information—especially about the new variants—have experts counselling caution “Can I hug my mom if we’re both vaccinated?”  It’s one of the most common questions that Dr. Tara Moriarty gets during the…

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