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The article discusses the key role played by contact tracers in the efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic and help economic recovery in Canada. Also cited are the contact tracers' other roles like therapists, investigators, and confidantes, as well as the efforts by local governments to expand their contact tracing activities by launching COVID-tracing applications (apps) in collaboration with technology forms Apple and Google.

The article discusses the efforts by the Canadian government to bring its citizens home due to the coronavirus pandemic. It features the experiences of Canadian couple Christina Radvak and Keegan Kent to present the challenges confronted by Canadian citizens and their government in negotiating for their travel home from foreign countries which implemented lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus.

The article reports on the move by the Canadian government to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Also cited are the possible effects of the pandemic to individual rights, personal privacy, the free market, and the mental health of Canadians, and the experience of patient Jerilyn Gabruck as example.

The article examines how the Canadian government is responding to the coronavirus pandemic and offers solutions to stop and eliminate the disease. Also cited are the need to limit the people infected by the virus, the need to create a vaccine to increase herd immunity against the virus, and how social distancing should be implemented to prevent the spread of the virus.

The article discusses a van attack and mass murder committed by Alek Minassian on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario. Emphasis is given to topics such as the responses of emergency personnel, the extent of personal injuries, and arrest of the suspect by Constable Ken Lam. Other topics include provision of first aid, a mass casualty situation at Sunnybrook Hospital, and a memorial for the victims.

The article discusses the 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The author reflects on the early growth of the fire and an evacuation order given by Mayor Melissa Blake on May 1, 2016. Emphasis is also given to topics such as the ceasing of oil sands operations, the environmental conditions such as dry forest and inversion weather conditions that increase the risk and spread of fires, and the experiences of residents evacuating and fleeing the devastation.

The author discusses political issues concerning the emergency response and procurement of the Canadian government to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Topics discussed include the statement issued by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Minister Anita Anand regarding COVID-19-related government purchasing, the procurement data published by on the PSPC website, and the need to evaluate all aspects of the pandemic response of the government.

In the article, the author discusses the importance of collecting race-based health data in Canada to improve the country's health-care systems. Topics include the lethal combination of racism and the COVID-19 disease as the precarious immigration status of immigrants led to low incomes and overcrowded housing, and the efforts to end racism in the country amidst protests against police brutality.

The article discusses public support and relief for victims of the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Emphasis is given to topics including the response of businesses such as the Labatt beer company canning water for disaster relief, assistance provided to evacuated residents by the Red Cross and Salvation Army organizations, and the response of the federal government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The article discusses Canada's H1N1 influenza vaccination plan. Dr. David Scheifele, director of the Vaccine Evaluation Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, comments on the chaos that ensued after he ordered nurses at his hospital to administer the vaccine to the highest priority health care workers. Canadians' H1N1 anxiety, production of shots by the GlaxoSmithKline plant, and the country's pandemic preparedness, the "Pandemic Influenza Plan," are discussed.

The article examines the accomplishments of Canada and other countries in preventing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020. Also cited are the Canadian government's move to implement a lockdown and widespread testing to control the epidemic, the self-isolation and intensive contact tracing activities, and a comparison of cases against countries like the U.S., Italy, and Spain.

Focuses on the Revolutionary Knitting Circle in Calgary, Alberta and how they will protest the G8 summit of leaders from eight major industrialized nations, which is to be held in Kananaskis in June 2002. Plans of the Jean Chrétien government to provide the world leaders with security from protestors and terrorists; Response of Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier to a request by activists to pitch tents in one of the city's urban parks; Preparations of the Calgary police to handle emergencies; Views of activist Sarah Kerr. INSET: IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?.

In the article, the author discusses the importance of vigilance, collaboration and sustained implementation of health measures to prevent the spread and eventually eliminate COVID-19. She advises Canadians to avoid pandemic fatigue and desensitization. Also cited are the efforts by Canadian public health experts to ensure the safety of Canadians, the threat posed by disinfectant chemicals to human and animal health, and how disinfectants kill viruses and bacteria.

The article discusses the loneliness of older people who live in social isolation, who are referred to as elder orphans, in Canada, including their reaching out for social interaction through using emergency services. An overview of the impact that older people's having no adult children has on increasing loneliness is provided.

The article reports on the increase in earthquakes and the actions British Columbia is taking to prepare its residents. Research by geoscientists Rebecca Bendick and Roger Bilham is discussed regarding why the number of earthquakes is increasing, the impact on the Cascadia subduction zone, and the possibility of more powerful earthquakes.

The article offers a perspective on the December 22, 2013 ice storm that disrupted electric power service in Toronto, Ontario. The article praises the work of Toronto Hydro company's employees, mentions Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's declaration of emergency, and refers to a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder called "Landscape With the Fall of Icaarus." It also mentions why the declaration of a state of emergency was necessary.

The article examines the impact of floods in June 2013 on the town of High River, Alberta. The failure of the province's Disaster Recover Program (DRP) to provide financial assistance to residents made homeless by the floods and businesses destroyed or damaged for reconstruction and repairs is considered. Efforts by residents to use private fundraising rather than wait for promised government aid are discussed.

The article explores the political aspects of the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Emphasis is given to topics such as the measured response of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the emergency response leadership of fire chief Darby Allen, and the role of the federal government in disaster recovery and providing aid.

The article reports on the December 22, 2013 ice storm that hit the Canadian province of Ontario which lost electric power and on the emergency management procedures of Hydro One company's executives. The article notes the remarks of Hydro One's chief executive officer Carmine Marcello about the cleanup. It also notes the disaster management roles of executives Peter Gregg, Laura Cooke, and Len McMillan.

This article discusses the efforts of Canadians in trying to find ways to make its school buildings more secure in the case of an earthquake or other natural disaster. On a pleasant April morning, in a giant University of British Columbia laboratory, a 4.5-m-high section of brick wall -- representative of many old B.C. schools -- rocks violently in a simulated magnitude seven quake. It finally cracks and crumbles, but Carlos Ventura, an earthquake engineer in the department of civil engineering, is well pleased. Watching the demonstration is Tracy Monk, a Vancouver family doctor, mother of school-aged children, and something of a force of nature herself. She is a founding member of Families for School Seismic Safety, a collection of parents and student advocates that many credit with forcing the provincial government last November to commit $1.5 billion over 15 years to strengthen B.C. schools. Of 864 schools in the province's earthquake zones, 311 are at high risk of severe damage in moderate to strong quakes. Monk says disaster mitigation is mired in the same fatalism that once impeded the use and acceptance of publicly funded vaccines.

The article discusses federal relief. Provinces are lining up for money from Jean Chrétien to cope with SARS, forest fires, mad cow disease and more. News that Finance Minister John Manley is seeking cuts in defence, foreign aid and other normal spending signalled that the need to come up with emergency aid is causing a mad scramble in Ottawa. Just how generous the Liberals will be remains unclear. But there are rules when it comes to tapping the core emergency plan called Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements -- though lately its guidelines have been a source of confusion. Finally, a key program limit is that it applies to the direct cost of grappling with a disaster, not the wider economic fallout. That means no DFAA payments to cover Chinese restaurants in Toronto abandoned during the SARS scare, or fishing lodges in the B.C. Interior left empty as the forests burned. But the biggest payouts all came in short succession in the late nineties--Quebec's Saguenay River flood of 1996, Manitoba's Red River flood of 1997, and the ice storm that hit Quebec, eastern Ontario and New Brunswick in 1998.