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Canadian Cancer Society urges Ontario to cover cost of take-home medication
Kirsten Watson, at her home in Waterloo, Ont. on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. She was weeks away last year from losing access to potentially life-saving medication, a situation she found herself in because Ontario does not cover the cost of take-home cancer drugs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
opinion
Having immigrant engineers and physicians driving Ubers is a national disgrace
Claudia Hepburn
explainer
Are you fully immunized against measles? Canada’s public health agency says to check
The Public Health Agency of Canada is strongly advising everyone in Canada to check that they're fully immunized against measles, especially before travelling. A measles vaccination is in Mount Vernon, Ohio in a May, 2019 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Paul Vernon
world
HIV/AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent, known for her inspirational talks as a young child, dies at 39
FILE - AIDS activist Mary Fisher kisses 12-year-old Hydeia Broadbent, a youngster who also has AIDS as they were both addressing the evening session of the 1996 GOP convention in San Diego Monday, Aug. 12, 1996. Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child to reduce the stigma surrounding the virus she was born with, has died. She was 39. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
politics
Politics Briefing: Killing of Muslim family in London, Ont., ruled an act of terrorism
Afzaal family member Tabinda Bukhari speaks to the media after the sentencing of Nathaniel Veltman in London, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne
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Saskatchewan to spend an extra $750-million this fiscal year; Opposition calls for transparency
Saskatchewan's elected members are heading back to legislature Tuesday, preparing for a pronoun fight that some political observers say could alter the electoral landscape. The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina on Saturday, May 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
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Quebec government to table budget on March 12 amid warnings of larger deficit
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard announces the provincial budget will be presented on March 12, Thursday Feb. 22, 2024, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Karoline Boucher
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Millennials outnumber baby boomers for first time, Statscan says
Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year rein of the post-Second World War generation as the largest in the population.People walk in an overhead pedestrian crossing in Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Measles cases raise concerns about vaccination rates, and other virus news for week of Feb. 20
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Fifth measles case in Canada this year has officials worried about outbreaks
FILE - A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is displayed at the Neighborcare Health clinics at Vashon Island High School in Vashon Island, Wash., on May 15, 2019. U.K. health officials are urging millions of parents to book their children in for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots amid a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest vaccination rates in a decade. The National Health Service is launching a publicity campaign after figures showed there have been 216 confirmed measles cases and 103 probable cases in parts of England since October. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
world
U.S. FDA approves first treatment for severe frostbite
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly//File Photo
canada
Ottawa and Northwest Territories sign $36-million health care deal
Minister of Health Mark Holland speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The Northwest Territories has signed deals with the federal government that earmark $36 million for the territory's health system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Economic anxiety high, faith in political leaders low in Canada, survey suggests
Canadians are stressed out about the economy and have little faith in politicians or governments to fix big problems, a new survey suggests. Canadian $100 bills are counted in Toronto on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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Evening Update: Trudeau calls Bell Media cuts a ‘garbage decision’
FILE - A person walks by the CTV Television Network studios in Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
opinion
I was a family doctor, until I couldn’t do it any more. I fear that too many others will follow suit
Ferrukh Faruqui
canada
Federal government signs $3.1-billion health care deal with Ontario
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford attend an announcement at Seneca College, in King City, Ont., Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
politics
Health care workers want Canada to move faster on improvements, but a real fix will take time, says Minister Mark Holland
Canada's premiers hold a press conference following a meeting on health care in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. While Ottawa and the provinces broker their long-term vision for improvements, doctors, nurses and other health advocates say the crisis in health care is only getting worse. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Amazon to cut a few hundred jobs at health care units
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company's logistics centre in Boves, France, October 6, 2021 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
opinion
Our clinical trials system is failing Canadians with cancer
Rebecca Auer
british columbia
First cases of fatal chronic wasting disease found in B.C. deer
A mule dear buck forages for food as the sun rises near Dog Pound, north of Calgary, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Researchers say a deadly disease has the potential of doing significant damage to British Columbia's deer population after the first cases were discovered in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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