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Canada’s first day with zero new COVID-19 infections. It’s what we’re all working toward, together.

Here you’ll find resources, recipes and information to help you manage your home, your family, your career and your finances during this extraordinary time. #HelpZeroCanada

Resources, Guides and Puzzles

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COVID-19 news: Updates and essential resources about the pandemic

The novel coronavirus has killed more than two million people around the world, and while vaccines have offered hope of an eventual end to the pandemic, the journey there will be hard. Here’s what you need to know

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Is my province in lockdown? A guide to COVID-19 restrictions across Canada

Check back here for updates as governments adjust their plans to guard against the second wave of coronavirus infections

‘Who do masks protect: the wearer or other people?’ André Picard answers your questions on face masks and more

Masks principally protect other people, not the wearer. As the saying goes: “Your mask protects me, my mask protects you.”

Puzzles and diversions to exercise your brain

Test your mental mettle with this brain-twisting assortment of word, logic and number puzzles by Fraser Simpson, creator of The Globe and Mail’s cryptic crossword.

Behind the stories: COVID-19

5:50

Globe and Mail health journalists, editors and foreign correspondents reflect on the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and offer a look inside how the spread of COVID-19 was covered.

COVID-19 Vaccines

Italian art gallery becomes a COVID-19 vaccine centre

COVID-19 case curves finally flattening across Canada

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Getting the jab done: When can Canadians expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine?

British Columbia’s age-based COVID vaccine plan: Oldest to youngest the main criteria

opinion

Have COVID-19, will travel: Why is the virus still pouring into Canada on international flights?

The Editorial Board

Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 shot safe, produced immune response in early human trial, study shows

Future of Cities

Are you ready for what will change our cities next?

Explore these questions and more in The Globe’s new editorial series, “The Future of Cities,” a collection of articles and essays to help you understand the road ahead for our cities, and whether you see city dwelling in your future

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The RSC Task Force on COVID-19

Science. Independence. Expertise.

The Royal Society of Canada's community of experts is providing informed perspectives, peer-reviewed reports, and essays to equip Canadians with accurate information about our response and recovery.

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COVID-19 Science and Expertise

Without action, modern slavery will surge in supply chains

Opinion

The pandemic has shown us why we must restore a margin of safety in our public institutions

Opinion

How to enhance vaccine acceptance and delivery among homeless youth

COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and the role of employers

New ways forward in Canadian Arctic research

The vaccine will only work if enough people take it

What CARDs will you play to improve your COVID-19 vaccination experience?

COVID-19 vaccines and serious adverse events following immunization: Action needed

Opinion

Columbus and pandemic contagion: Historical antecedents to COVID-19

Opinion

We leaned into our responsibilities

Opinion

Reflections on Anishnawbe Health’s mobile healing unit for COVID-19 outreach and community support

Opinion

COVID-19 responses in First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities: Relationship with self-determination

An RSC Collection of Stories

Indigenous Health and Wellness

How COVID-19 is impacting the health and wellness of indigenous peoples

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Stay healthy and fit

Fitness

2021 health and fitness preview: Four predictions about what will go and what will (or should) stay

Four nutrition stories that caught my attention in 2020

While all gyms are included in COVID-19 shutdowns, not all fitness facilities are the same

How to stay in shape if you never leave the house

wellness

‘Shadow pandemic’ of young people with eating disorders a challenge for health networks to treat

If you’re over 60, chances are you’re low on vitamin B12

Four food and wellness trends to watch for in 2021

Work through the pain if you have arthritis: It will get better

Recipes

Bob Blumer’s creamy carbonara recipe is influenced by the tricks he’s learned from chefs around the world

Globe Craft Club: Learn to make homemade ricotta cheese and crackers

A butternut lentil soup recipe that can be enjoyed on its own or become the base of a robust dish

24 Treats of Christmas: Last-minute recipes for when you’re short on time and ingredients

Mental health

Pitching in: Helping students break bad habits during the coronavirus pandemic

Our 10 year old lives with depression but he’s made me a better mom because of it

How can police best serve and protect on mental-health crisis calls?

COVID closures are killing my yoga studio

RSC MENTAL HEALTH REPORT

Supporting the Mental Health of the People of Canada

How COVID-19 has exacerbated long standing weaknesses in the mental health system and makes specific recommendations to meet these challenges to improve the well-being of Canadians

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Support those in need

Second Harvest

Second Harvest rescues and redistributes fresh, perishable food so it doesn’t go to waste and provides millions of meals to vulnerable Canadians.

Support the COVID-19 Emergency Fund

RSC PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT

Reconciling Civil Liberties and Public Health

Outlines some of the impacts on civil liberties resulting from this pandemic and response efforts, and then underlying legal principles that guide thinking about civil rights and public health

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Resources for you

WellCan

Provides Canadians with the support they need to navigate challenges brought on by COVID-19, build resiliency and develop healthy coping mechanisms for the future. Listen to the Living Well podcast, featuring mental health advocate Mark Henick.

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Family life at home

Parenting

Your guide to stress-free holidays, whether you’re hosting, socializing or travelling

Parenting SOS: How do we make it through this holiday season stuck at home?

Parenting SOS: How do we get our kids off screens?

Relationships

LGBTQ youth locked down with unsupportive families during COVID-19

How do you stay friends if you’re the only one who calls?

Match: A decade apart helped this couple know they were meant to be together

Home & Design

How do you develop a new hobby that you actually want to maintain?

Fire pits are this winter’s hottest accessory as outdoor living becomes a pandemic lifeline

From IRL to URL: How design festivals are adapting for the COVID era

Education

University ‘mega’ donations of more than $10-million are on the rise

Canadians launch new careers, return to school as COVID-19 rages on

B.C. schools spend federal money on cleaning instead of ventilation

LIFE

How to get your kids back into routines

This is a back-to-school year unlike any other. There are the worries about sending kids in to classrooms and the practical matter of families trying to get back on track

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Support those in need

Community Food Centres Canada

Community Food Centres Canada's network of 200+ partners provide take-away meals, delivery, food hampers and other emergency supports to those in need.

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Protect your business

Working Remotely

Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario, experts say

Are your children suddenly stuck at home? Here is how workplace law does (and does not) protect you

Are you ready for remote work 3.0?

Downtown Toronto office vacancy rate hits highest level since global financial crisis

management

What Obama’s learnings about diversity can teach all of us

The way we understand laziness is a lie

How do we think about objectives and performance in 2021?

How to conquer time anxiety and productivity shame

Careers

Can my new employer take legal action if I have a secret start-up?

Closing the quantum computing skills gap could make all the difference in tackling climate change

I believe I am being underpaid. What can I do?

Here is what’s in store for workplace law this year

Small Businesses

Federal rent program still leaves small businesses behind, lobby group says

Ottawa’s new rent-relief program to accept applications starting Monday

For small businesses that survive COVID-19, recovery is expected to be difficult

Throw your marketing plan out the window in times of crisis

Safeguard your finances

Carrick on Money

You have a Face Punch Fund, don’t you?

Rob Carrick

Carrick on Money

A millennial’s fear: His parents are not financially ready for retirement

Rob Carrick

Pandemic personal finance update finale: A 10-point checklist of things you should have done by now to protect or improve your money situation

Pandemic Personal Finance Update No. 9: The mark of money success in the next 12 months will be how much you save

Pandemic Personal Finance Update No. 8: How to save $1,000 a month by working at home

Pandemic Personal Finance Update No. 7: Retirement postponed, plus the coming second wave of money stress

Pandemic Personal Finance Update No. 6: First-time home buyers with job security should get preapproved for a mortgage

Pandemic Personal Finance Update No. 5: How to get relief on car payments and free financial planning (Plus, prepare to pay taxes on the CERB)

Pandemic personal finance update No. 4: How the cost of making your mortgage go away for six months could top $2,000

Florida clamps down on COVID-19 ‘vaccine tourism’

January 21

CRA backtracks on message to artists, says grant money counts as income to qualify for emergency benefits

January 20 Updated

The term emergency fund has got to go. What would you call it?

Rob Carrick January 14 Updated

Retailers are changing their COVID-19 return policies: ‘This is truly customer-beware territory’

January 14 Updated

RSC Basic Income Report

A Federal Basic Income Within the Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan

COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on the extent of poverty in Canada. The arrival of the pandemic in Canada affected the health of the population and made unprecedented demands on the healthcare system across Canada.

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PORTFOLIO

The power to act decisively even amid uncertainty

Portfolio gives you the tools that keep your investments moving in the right direction even amid uncertainty

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Improving Financial Literacy

Canadian Foundation for Economic Education

The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education provides free resources to support economic, financial, and entrepreneurship capability. There are resources for the general public, youth, teachers, parents, newcomers, and seniors

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Entertainment

Television

Three lurid foreign thrillers to take you far, far away

Adapting fast: Making day-to-day TV in a pandemic

Battle of the Brits: Acorn and BritBox seek to win over curious, and locked-down, Canadian audiences

Circus of Books and 9/11 Kids: Two great stories of growing up in strange circumstances in the U.S.

Books

Six engrossing new mystery novels to cozy up with this winter

Independent publisher Insomniac Press cancels 12 book deals

The Writers’ Trust of Canada removes ‘discriminatory’ age cap on prestigious RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

In The New Class War, political scientist Michael Lind argues that the cure for Trump-era populism is democratic pluralism

Music

With its daring film version of Handel’s Messiah, a small Canadian theatre company defied the pandemic and thrived

Metallica producer Bob Rock sells rights to over 40 songs to Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Glastonbury music festival cancelled for second straight year due to COVID-19 pandemic

That time Ron Sexsmith left Robert Plant dazed and confused, and other weird instances of Canadian musicians meeting their idols

The Arts

From presidents to faded stars, all welcomed by Larry King

Jimmie Rodgers, singer of ‘Honeycomb’ and other hits, dies

‘Barney Miller,’ ‘Sanford and Son’ actor Gregory Sierra dies

Behind ads and subscription fees, CBC Gem is hiding sparkling Canadian content at a time it could freely shine

Resources for you

CAMH - mental health is health

Access resources developed by the CAMH team of experts to support your mental health throughout this critical time.

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Resources for you

United Way 211

Toll-free phone line and online directory connecting Canadians with vital community and social resources from basic needs, to support for seniors and children, to crisis response.

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