Nicole Thompson

Reporter with The Canadian Press

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The way to the end of Canada's COVID-19

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, COVID-19 experts say, even if it's hard to see it while more contagious virus variants plunge parts of Canada into the third wave of the pandemic.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | March 28th 2021

federal Minister of Fisheries Jonathan Wilkinson,

Ottawa promises $40M in carbon tax cash for upgrades to 172 Ontario schools

The federal government will spend more than $40 million of carbon tax revenue to make Ontario schools more energy efficient, the environment minister announced on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

Race Against Climate Change

By Nicole Thompson | News, Politics | March 11th 2021

Vaccine tourism is unethical and bad business practice, experts say

Executives who engage in so-called "vaccine tourism" show both an ethical disregard for those less fortunate and a surprising lack of business acumen, experts argue.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | March 1st 2021

Stress of lockdown putting victims at risk

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop a rising tide of reports of domestic violence, experts say, warning that the stress of life in lockdown continues to put victims at risk.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | February 15th 2021

Feds urge provinces to keep COVID restrictions in place

Canada's top doctor warned provinces against easing stringent public health measures on Saturday, January 30, 2021, just as the premier of one of the provinces hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic said he hoped to do exactly that in a little over a week.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | January 31st 2021

Spartan Bioscience's rapid COVID-19 test approved by Health Canada

The federal government has approved an Ottawa company's made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed on Saturday, January 23, 2021, as the nation's top doctor warned the virus's impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Victoria Ahearn & Nicole Thompson | News | January 25th 2021

Cheating a 'free-for-all' at virtual high schools

It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | December 28th 2020

Francesca Paceri, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine,

More provinces administer COVID-19 vaccines as cases mount

Canada's vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | December 17th 2020

National Student Loan Service Centre backlogged as requests for help soar

Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News | December 7th 2020

Why COVID-19 is spreading so rapidly in Brampton

When Kelly Lopes learned back in the spring that the Ontario government was ordering her teenaged children to stay home from school for their own safety but expected them and their parents to continue going to work, fear and anger set in almost immediately.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Nicole Thompson | News, Politics | November 30th 2020