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Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, holds a press conference in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout in Canada. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Vaccine to shut down Omicron will probably come too late

Health Canada's chief medical adviser says variant-specific vaccines can be approved faster than the general ones first issued to combat COVID-19, but one targeting the Omicron strain still likely won't be ready in time to help with the latest wave.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | January 17th 2022

Toronto student Ari Blake, 11, poses for a photograph while on vacation in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

School disruptions becoming routine for many students in Canada

With classes back in full swing last fall, some Canadian students said it seemed like they were finally settling into a school routine after more than a year and a half of intermittent learning interruptions.

By Adina Bresge & Brittany Hobson | News | January 17th 2022

A health care worker is seen outside the Emergency dept. of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver on March 30, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Indigenous people in Alberta get lower level of emergency care

Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of such visits.

By Bob Weber | News, Politics | January 17th 2022

Parents pick up their children as they are dismissed from Dixie Public School during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on November 22, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

It's back to school for many teachers and students despite Omicron spread

Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom on Monday, January 17, 2022, as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale return.

By Virginie Ann | News, Politics | January 17th 2022

North Carolina wildlife technician Charles Lawson plants a spruce tree as part of efforts to improve habitat for the endangered Carolina northern flying squirrel. Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region

Feds call in reinforcements to hit two-billion tree goal

In an email to Canada’s National Observer, Defence department media relations confirmed the Canadian Forces Housing Agency will participate in the program and has tree-planting plans for most of its locations across Canada over the next seven years.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | January 17th 2022

Environmentalists protect local history and seabirds

A new conservation area on B.C.'s Galiano Island will protect cultural history, provide a pit stop for migratory birds and boost the ability of an at-risk ecosystem to withstand climate change.

By Rochelle Baker | News, Island Insider | January 17th 2022

Appeal aims to stop drilling for oil offshore of Newfoundland and Labrador

Environmental groups opposing fossil fuel expansion off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are appealing after a request for a judicial review on exploratory oil and gas drilling legislation was dismissed.

By Cloe Logan | News | January 17th 2022

Gorse contains 17% protein and could be a plant-based alternative to meat and dairy, said Prof Wendy Russell. Photo by John Haslam / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Protein-packed prickly bushes could feed millions of people

Invasive gorse plant is widely cleared in Scotland and has been used as animal fodder in the past.

By Damian Carrington | News | January 17th 2022

How to get a university to divest

On Nov. 1, Abby Herd helped lead a group of Simon Fraser University students over the finish line as they won an eight-year campaign to persuade the administration to divest from fossil fuels by 2025.

Youth Climate Action

By Patricia Lane | News | January 17th 2022

‘An attack on our people’: Wet’suwet’en Peace and Unity Gathering calls for end to violence

Indigenous chiefs from across British Columbia are gathering Saturday to call for an immediate stop to police violence against Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.

By John Woodside | News, Energy, Politics | January 14th 2022

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