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I’m loading up on these five seasonal fruits and vegetables, and you should be too
Leslie Beck
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Supervised consumption services improve public health in ways that benefit all Calgarians
Kate Colizza and Patty Wilson
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Official confirms Ontario child died of rabies after bat exposure
Ambulances are parked outside the Emergency Department at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus in Ottawa on Monday, May 16, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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PHAC explains reason for pulling COVID-19 vaccines before new ones approved
The Public Health Agency of Canada says it asked provinces to get rid of existing COVID-19 vaccines to avoid confusion with new formulations that will have the same drug identification number. Jars full of empty COVID-19 vaccine vials are shown at a pharmacy in Toronto on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Health minister puts nicotine pouches behind the counter, bans flavours
Minister of Health Mark Holland rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Supervised drug consumption sites may have earned political and public wrath, but they are more helpful than harmful
André Picard
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Five food safety precautions to follow this summer
Leslie Beck
canada
Ottawa injects another $36.4-million into vaccine injury compensation fund
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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What is Alzheimer’s disease, and what are the symptoms and treatments for the condition?
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Seth Gale points out evidence of Alzheimer’s disease on an MRI at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (CART) at Brigham And Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Morning Update: B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted
A shooting overnight in White Rock, B.C., has sent four people to hospital and closed traffic in a residential neighbourhood while police investigate. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
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B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted
Across the province, 86 per cent of hydromorphone prescribed is for pain, and 14 per cent as safer supply, for which it is the most commonly prescribed drug to replace illicit opioids such as fentanyl or heroin.
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Patients say B.C. pharmacies paying prohibited cash incentives to fill prescriptions at their locations
A patient displays medications and a $50 cash kickback that a pharmacy employee delivered to him, in violation of College of Pharmacists of B.C. bylaws, on Feb. 6, 2024, in Vancouver. The man tells The Globe and Mail that the pharmacy pays him $50 per week and does not change his fentanyl patches, as ordered by his doctor.
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Mother says package presenting cannabis like ‘treat’ put children in N.S. hospital
The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a "treat," as shown in this handout image, led her son and his classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week. Katrina MacDonald, who is also a health-care worker, said her son threw up multiple times and had to be rushed to emergency, while the mother of another child — who spoke on the condition of anonymity — said her child was taken to intensive care for treatment before stabilizing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Katrina MacDonald *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Time for Ottawa to protect Canadians from ‘forever chemicals,’ toxics experts say
Environmental Defence Canada's Cassie Barker, centre, concludes an appearance at the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations
Cannabis plants grow inside of Thrive Cannabis' production facility in Simcoe, Ont. Tuesday, April 13, 2021. A group convened by the federal government to study the act that legalized cannabis is recommending the country review the excise taxes it charges pot companies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
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Halifax sexual-health clinic can no longer give free birth control to patients in need
A Halifax sexual health clinic that has for years been offering free birth control devices to patients who can’t afford them say they’ve had to stop. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Why magnesium should be on your radar – and how to get it
Leslie Beck
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Province takes steps to curb spread of fatal disease found in B.C. deer, moose
A mule deer buck forages for food as the sun rises near Dog Pound, north of Calgary, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The B.C. government is taking steps to curb the spread of a disease that's deadly for deer, elk, moose and caribou after the discovery of the province's first cases of chronic-wasting disease. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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RCMP lay charges in alleged drug-trafficking scheme at Hamilton pharmacy
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