The British government may need to introduce tougher restrictions to slow the growth of the omicron variant and prevent a new surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, British scientists said Saturday.

Omicron is ramping up the push for widespread boosters in Canada, shifting the conversation away from providing added protection to the most vulnerable and toward giving everyone eligible an additional shot to stave off potential spread of the highly transmissible variant.

This week's U.S.-hosted Summit for Democracy was light on triumphalist chest-beating from what was once referred to as the free world. It was sober, with some scared-sounding observations about threats to political freedom — abroad and at home.

As British Columbia marks another tragic milestone in overdose deaths, pressure is growing on the federal government to decriminalize personal possession of drugs, including opioids.

The shortage of a key ingredient ahead of the holidays has left many bakers caught in a crunch — scrambling to get their hands on Rice Krispies, one of the main components of a lot of Christmas treats like peanut butter balls and holiday squares.

Don't Look Up may be just another entry in the long line of disaster movies, but it's also one of the first to truly grapple with climate change. Disasterologists and literary experts say that is the natural evolution of storytelling now that climate change is a real part of everyday life