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Cancer society, gynecologists hope for national shift in cervical cancer screening
This kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada hope the rest of the country will follow B.C.'s new approach to cervical cancer screening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
opinion
How Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope almost ended right after it started
Bill Vigars
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A history of anti-smoking measures in Canada
New Health Canada regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are coming into effect tomorrow. An example of cigarette packaging with expanded warnings, including a warning printed on the cigarettes themselves, is shown on a screen after a news conference, in Ottawa, Friday, June 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Health groups urge provinces to seek anti-smoking measures in Big Tobacco settlement
A smoker puts out a cigarette in a public ashtray in Ottawa on May 31, 2016. Three national health organizations want Canada's premiers to push for initiatives to reduce smoking during settlement negotiations with major tobacco companies, which provinces sued to recoup health-care costs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
books
Two new books mark the 40th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope
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Transforming the cancer charity sector in Canada
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To meat, or not to meat: Here’s what you need to know about the latest study
Leslie Beck
Leslie Beck
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Inspiring hope through Cancer research