British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s Shakespeare In Love, has died. He was 88.

Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.

Having a leader who can’t communicate with the 22 per cent of Canadians whose first official language is French could hurt the New Democrats’ credibility as a national party, a concern shared by two francophone former NDP staff.

Across Canada, several union officials who represent paramedics have sounded the alarm on the burnout, stress, and post-traumatic stress injuries that many paramedics are dealing with due to working conditions. Miles Randell, an advanced care paramedic, is trying to do something different for frontline health-care workers who need a supportive work environment.

The recent debates over Canada’s next fighter jets and submarines have peeled back the curtain on the shortcomings and short-term thinking in the country’s approach to defending itself.

With people socializing differently, prioritizing health and watching their spending, nighttime businesses and advocates say they’re trying to bring new energy to the after-dark economy.

For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown in chicken eggs. Now, scientists are trying more modern methods of developing vaccines that they hope will be even more effective.