Wuhan, China is under the largest quarantine in history after the coronavirus goes global.
The virus has spread to 25 countries with more than 20,000 confirmed cases and nearly 500 deaths.
Canada is working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan to an airforce base in Trenton.
This week on Context, we speak with a Canadian teacher in Wuhan who is opting not to return to Canada. And, a Canadian disease specialist who contracted SARS in 2003 will separate fact from fiction about the deadly virus.
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Context - January 29, 2020 - Movies t...
It’s Hollywood’s big night to celebrate itself – and as it does – the world sees visions and themes of our lives reflected back to us. Everything from mental illness and war to marriage and evil incarnate. Plus, another year of snubs – especially for women and people of colour.
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Context - January 22, 2020 - Rx: Love...
Medical Assistance in Dying – or M.A.I.D. – some call it “merciful and individual choice”, otherwise call it suicide and killing.
M.A.I.D. became legal in Canada in 2016. But last year, the Quebec Superior Court ruled the requirement that a person’s “natural death” must be foreseeable is “too re...
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Context - January 15, 2020 - Blessed ...
Few things rattle the world like unrest in the Middle East.
The death of 57 Canadians among the 176 on board Flight 752 – shot down just minutes after take off in Tehran – has left Canadians and Iranians heartbroken and angry.
Tonight on Context – we listen to those who grieve and the peacemaking...
