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

As Canadians across the country return to school and the workplace, we’ve got you covered. 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 hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and with quarantines, travel restrictions and other measures, nations are mobilizing to save as many lives as possible. Here’s what you need to know

opinion

Vulnerabilities in governance of public health and COVID-19

Good governance is critical in responding to a pandemic, both in the initial stages and as evidence grows on the efficacy of different preventative measures

Colleen M. Flood and Jane Philpott

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Is my city going back into lockdown? A guide to COVID-19 rules across Canada

Check back here for updates as governments adjust their plans to prevent a second wave of infections while schools and other public services reopen in the fall

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.

‘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.”

Back to school

Parents cope with slow coronavirus test results, mixed messaging from schools and officials

Say cheese and embrace the tradition of school photos

High anxiety: In Toronto’s immigrant-rich apartment towers, elevators and density keep many students at home

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Navigating the stress, uncertainty and frustration facing families this school year

New Brunswick reports six new COVID-19 cases, declares outbreak at Campbellton special-care home

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Behind the stories of COVID-19

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

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Support Our Healthcare workers

What a response Canada!

To everyone who nominated a family member, a friend, or a neighbour in their community for the Holidays for Heroes program, thank you, for helping us thank our heroes.

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Stay healthy and fit

Fitness

How to stay in shape if you never leave the house

As the fitness industry prepares to reopen, a look at how businesses have coped during the pandemic

If you break a sweat, you’re doing it wrong. The long and short of fitness’s growing trend of assisted stretching

Non-traditional training equipment to make your home gym more like a real gym

wellness

I have a chronic illness. I know what the COVID-19 long-haulers are going through

Dietary tweaks may help ease joint pain

Eat this: Seven foods that pack a big nutritional punch

Chances are the wellness spaces in your city are owned, and patronized, by white people. That’s a problem

Recipes

These easy-to-make egg cups can serve as part of a meal, or a snack on the go

Canada’s Kitchen 2020: Introducing the country’s next star chefs

How do you make cranberry sauce?

What’s the trick to a great apple pie?

Mental health

How becoming a father led Canucks captain Bo Horvat to join a mental-health initiative

Legault encourages Quebeckers to call province's health hotline

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25 per cent of Canadians say their mental health is worse than during first wave of COVID-19: poll

Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care faces solitary confinement lawsuit

Gardening

Meet the 95-year-old who tends Rudy’s Garden in Toronto’s Jane-Finch neighbourhood

Ecologist’s wild garden is a challenge to lawn order

Has the pandemic changed how we eat forever?

Self-watering and monitoring smart gardens are a boon for those living in small spaces

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

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

Trick and no treat? Families get creative with Halloween alternatives

Parenting SOS: With school back, how can we make the separation between the kids and their grandparents easier?

Parenting SOS: How can I help my children feel less anxious about going back to school?

Relationships

How do I get my neighbour to take down his backyard TV?

Match: They fell in love while working on the Love Boat cruise ship

My know-it-all brother-in law makes me pay everytime I lose a bet. How can I put an end to this?

Home & Design

Under one roof: How four friends used ingenuity and design to divvy up living spaces

How to make your hallway a destination in its own right

Ask a design expert: Can we spruce up our small kitchen if we can’t afford a reno?

Education

Want to be more persuasive? Become more likeable

Police expand racist yearbook probe as 10 high school students say entries altered

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

As work goes remote, the whole world may soon compete for your job

Thinking about permanently working from home?

Lessons learned from six months of remote presentations

Should remote workers get the same raises and promotions as on-site ones? Spain thinks so

management

Employees invest in soft skills as COVID-19 pandemic leaves millions working from home

Managers, you’re not as good at coaching as you think

PAVE the way to better communication while wearing a mask

The danger of over-relying on experts or experience

Careers

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new model without tipping emerges for restaurant workers

Struggling to fill your talent pipeline? Look no further than Canada’s immigrants

How do I network during a pandemic with the aim of switching careers?

Résumé review: Stalled in her current role, this content marketer looks for a new job to progress her career

Small Businesses

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

Throw your marketing plan out the window in times of crisis

COVID-19 crisis forces small businesses to get creative

Restaurants seek help in Throne Speech amid forecast that 60 per cent will fail by November

Globe and Mail Events

Join our new weekly coronavirus call-in

Take a deep dive into the impact of COVID-19 on everything from personal finances to online education to food supply and security at a Globe and Mail virtual event. Watch recordings of previous virtual events or see what’s coming next.

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Resources for you

Royal Society of Canada

Providing peer-reviewed reports on key issues of science, society and public policy developed by the RSC community of experts.

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Safeguard your finances

Carrick on Money

The truth is that renting is a smart option

Rob Carrick

Household Finances

After 17 years making costumes for Stratford Festival, COVID cost this woman her job. Can she afford to retrain?

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

How COVID-19 is dealing a blow to global pension plans

October 19 Updated

Moving out of the city is ‘a recipe for an infernal commute’

Rob Carrick October 15 Updated

Fleeing the city for the suburbs? Watch out for higher property taxes, more cars and other costs

October 14 Updated

Amazon aces convenience, but what about cost?

Rob Carrick October 13 Updated

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

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.

No sex, no sin: Why Netflix’s repulsive Too Hot to Handle is an icky hit

Books

The best independent reads to pick up this fall

Marcus J. Moore on his book Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America

Lennie Goodings on Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou and the history of trailblazing publisher Virago Press

Publisher pauses sales, promotion of children’s book after author calls illustration racist

Music

Spencer Davis, whose namesake group had several 1960s hits, dies at 81

Rapper Backxwash spins striking narrative on Polaris-winning album

Backxwash wins 2020 Polaris Music Prize worth $50,000

Critic’s notebook: The career of Stevie Nicks is the stuff of dreams

The Arts

Oy vey, what a year: Toronto Jewish Film Festival finds digital opportunity in a year of crisis

Canadian BIPOC filmmakers: Why don’t we know who they are?

Why the NFB’s breakout short film How to Be at Home leans into loneliness

‘SNL’ airs Canadian-themed ‘Drake Watch’ sketch; Justin Bieber and Jim Carrey also appear

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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Coronavirus Update Newsletter

Get the latest coronavirus news coverage

Get the news delivered right to your inbox to help keep you and your family informed

Coronavirus call-in series

Lifting the lockdown: What comes next? Join André Picard and Ivan Semeniuk live today at noon

Nicole MacIntyre, André Picard, and Ivan Semeniuk host week 12 of The Globe and Mail audio series

How Canada’s data gaps are stalling our recovery from COVID-19 with Eric Andrew-Gee, Tavia Grant, and Renata D’Aliesio

This Coronavirus Insights & Updates, a new call-in series, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts.

Tavia Grant, Eric Andrew-Gee and Renata D’Aliesio

Coronavirus Insights & Updates: COVID-19 and the future of journalism with Phillip Crawley and David Walmsley

Coronavirus Insights & Updates is a new call-in series from the Globe, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts

Phillip Crawley and David Walmsley

Politics in the time of a pandemic with Andrew Coyne and Robyn Urback

This Coronavirus Insights & Updates, a new call-in series, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts.

Andrew Coyne and Robyn Urback

Coronavirus Insights and Updates: How to optimize your portfolio with Rob Carrick

This Coronavirus Insights & Updates, a new call-in series, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts.

Rob Carrick and Darcy Keith

Coronavirus Insights & Updates with Cathal Kelly and Simon Houpt on the future of sports

This Coronavirus Insights & Updates, a new call-in series, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts.

The economic, political, and societal impacts of COVID-19

This Coronavirus Insights & Updates, a new call-in series, allowing you to get closer to the stories, and hear the latest developments from our experts.

Puzzles

Puzzles and crosswords

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.

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