Beyond Local

Play will be essential to give children space to work out anxieties, and will also provide many other social and cognitive benefits

The United Kingdom has also added Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Switzerland and the Azores to the "green" list

Naloxone can prevent deaths from opioid overdose, but there is no way to reverse the effects of benzodiazepine overdose without risk

Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, head of the Local Association of Public Health Agencies, says the group wants the province to bring in a vaccine certificate system, which would limit access to non-essential activities to those who are fully immunized

The coalition of home operators says unvaccinated staff are more likely to bring the virus to work as infection rates increase

Students headed to university are thirsty for socializing and missed milestones, and risky alcohol consumption could be more of a problem than it usually is

While these trends predated the pandemic, the time at home sped things up, experts say

Economists say there are multiple factors contributing to the restaurant labour crunch

Anthony Dale, president and CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association, said increasing the vaccination rate will help limit the burden on hospitals and reduce any further disruption to non-COVID services

Gig workers’ day-to-day lives are fundamentally different from people with traditional employment in organizations who enjoy more predictable wages, supportive managers and steady relationships