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1773 episodes transcribedAs desperate countries around the world compete to secure as much personal protective equipment as they can, Canada is establishing a new supply chain...
Dr. Brian Goldman is seeing more coronavirus cases at the emergency department of the Toronto hospital in which he works. Today on Front Burner, Dr. G...
Concerns about deadly coronavirus outbreaks at long-term care homes are top of mind for a lot of Canadians. Today, we speak with a man who is going to...
Ontario has fallen far behind when it comes to testing residents for COVID-19; Quebec and BC are testing about twice as many residents, per capita. To...
It’s a historic moment in Wuhan, China: After 76 days, the city where COVID-19 first emerged has ended its extreme lockdown, allowing people to enter...
The influenza outbreak of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in recent history, killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people aroundthe world. An...
Legendary singer-songwriter John Prine has died at 73 due to complications caused by COVID-19. He was celebrated for the way he wrote about the human...
Self-isolation and physical distancing are straightforward public health orders for most Canadians, but it's a near-impossible challenge for people wi...
Questions about the impact of coronavirus on pregnancy are running through the mind of many expectant parents. But there is scant research into how CO...
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine - two drugs touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, who says they could be game changing treatments for COVID-19. Bu...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has admitted that things are not looking good for the province, saying, “right now, today, there is very little separating w...
For weeks, inmates, correctional officers and penal reform advocates have been sounding the alarm that Canada's prisons are sorely underprepared for t...
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise around the world — and here at home. That has many wondering whether public health officials should rev...
By most measures, COVID-19 has devastated the global economy. But how much worse could it get? And what can be done to help it recover? Today, CBC sen...
For many Canadians, rent is due on the first of the month. But nearly half of the households in this country have lost work due to the pandemic, and e...
Governments around the world are making extraordinary moves to get COVID-19 under control -- including the curtailing of individual freedoms. In most...
Early data is starting to give an indication of how Canada is doing in its fight against the spread of COVID-19. How deadly is the virus in Canada? Ho...
Thanks to COVID-19, most of us are isolated, glued to the news and worried about how every little choice we make could spread the virus or get us sick...
The majority of B.C's 14 deaths related to COVID-19 have been from one place: the Lynn Valley Care Centre. As of Wednesday, 42 residents and 21 health...
Parliament has approved a $107-billion aid package to help Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the prime minister has said people w...
