As COVID-19 case counts kept soaring this week, booster shots and rapid tests were all many Canadians wanted for Christmas. Given their general scarcity, most were left out of luck. So how, nearly two years into the pandemic, did we get here? When it comes to booster shots, the new Omicron variant emerged and exploded quickly, as Canada’s focus was on vaccinating kids, experts say. Canadians scrambling to get their hands on rapid tests are likely wondering where the 88.8 million tests the federal government says it has distributed to the provinces are. The answer to that question is slightly more complicated. Read More