As Indian Canadians continue to face devastating news of the COVID-19 crisis in India, they mourn loved ones from thousands of kilometres away. Vrunda Bhatt reports on travelling to India from Toronto following her father’s funeral and the current state of vaccinations in the country.
View More A Daughter’s Reflection On Her Father’s Death and COVID’s Grip On India
Following a large COVID-19 outbreak at an Ottawa detention centre, a group of defense lawyers has launched a campaign to fight vaccine hesitancy among inmates.
View More Lawyers Mobilize to Protect Clients from COVID-19 in Jails
Small businesses have been disproportionately affected by the lockdowns. The most vulnerable sectors include accommodation, food services, arts, entertainment, and retail trade. As Ontario slowly comes out of lockdown, some small businesses are cautiously optimistic.
View More Niagara Businesses Hoping to Rebound as COVID Restrictions Lift
Two families caring for their grandparents— one in long-term care and one in a multi-generational home. How have the two been impacted? NCM looks into how our older generation has faced this pandemic so far.
View More Seniors Face Unique Barriers to Care During Pandemic
With the pandemic now in its second year and economies starting to reopen, NCM reporter Asfia Yasir takes a look at how small businesses in Ontario are adapting to new market trends and altered consumer demands.
View More “Drive-in Shisha,” Virtual Training: Businesses Adapt for Reopening
Nursing shortages in Manitoba have reached an unprecedented all-time high during the pandemic due to “deeply rooted” staffing issues in the province, leaving some nurses overworked and others out of work due to red tape from regulatory bodies.
View More Manitoba Pushing its Nurses to the Brink
The world could witness an explosion of cases if relief does not reach disproportionately affected Indigenous tribes, experts say.
View More India’s Rising Rural Poverty Amid Pandemic Presents Global Problem
With no one-size-fits-all solution, community leaders and doctors are filling in gaps left by governments. NCM reporter Tuvana Sahinturk looks into the vaccination of the most marginalized in Canadian society.
View More Community Helps Undocumented Migrants Get Vaccinated
Canadian restaurateurs of Indian origin are joining the 1 Billion Breaths campaign to help provide those in the sub-continent clean oxygen through the COVID-19 pandemic – one plate at a time.
View More On the Menu: 1 Billion Breaths for India
Eating disorders, disinterest in learning, and an overwhelming sense of hopelessness are gripping older children while the younger ones ask questions that parents or teachers cannot answer.
View More The Toll of the Pandemic on Students: a Niagara Teacher and Mother