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More Indigenous-led services needed for communities, national wellness summit hears
Mark Arcand, brother of Bonnie Burns, who was killed at James Smith Cree Nation, speaks at a press conference alongside Burns' relatives at a news conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 7, 2022. REUTERS/Valerie Zink
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Hong Kong to scrap COVID hotel quarantine
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B.C. seniors have lowest financial support in Canada, says advocate
Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is photographed at her office in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Mackenzie says British Columbia ranks last among Canada's provinces and territories in providing key financial support for seniors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Dangerous fungus detected at Montreal-area hospital, health officials say
This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish at a CDC laboratory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Shawn Lockhart-CDC via AP
u.s. politics
White House: GOP abortion ban would mean a nationwide crisis
FILE — Abortion rights protestors at the Indiana Statehouse on the first day of the special session discussing the abortion ban in Indianapolis, on July 25, 2022. An Indiana judge temporarily halted the state’s ban on most abortions, a week after the law took effect; Indiana was the first state to pass new, sweeping restrictions on abortion after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to the procedure in June. (Kaiti Sullivan/The New York Times)
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Health Canada launches long-awaited review of Cannabis Act
Cannabis plants grow in a production facility in Simcoe, Ont. Tuesday, April 13, 2021.Canada’s cannabis industry is hoping a long awaited review of the legislation that permitted the use and sale of pot will help the sector stave off more financial difficulties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
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St. Michael’s research project aims to improve care access for unhoused people
Alyssa Ranieri (L) and Fred Ellerington are photographed outside St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto on July 6, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. Ranieri and Ellerington are both Homeless Outreach Workers with the Navigator Program where they connect with clients and provide follow up health and social supports after clients are discharged.
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Long COVID plan, funding decisions in the works, Dr. Kieran Moore says
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health, speaks at a press conference during the COVID-19 pandemic at the legislature in Toronto on Monday, April 11, 2022. Ontario is expected to make funding decisions for a long COVID strategy in the near future, the province's top doctor says, as health officials work to create standard definitions and treatment protocols. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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NDP won’t bend any further on federal dental-care plan, Singh warns
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party was willing to be flexible on the first phase of the government's dental-care plans, but the NDP will bend no further. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan
A flood-affected family eats a meal in a makeshift tent in Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Fida HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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New Brunswick sexual assault nurse says premier’s comments are a ‘slap in the face’
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs responds to a question from the media on the final day of the summer meeting of Canada's Premiers at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A Fredericton sexual assault nurse examiner says the premier's comments about the case of a rape victim turned away when requesting a forensic exam equates to a “slap in the face” to nurses.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
rob magazine
How CBI Health helped create a unified culture – and stave off employee burnout
CBI Health CEO Jon Hantho
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Insurers see leap in claims for mental health services amid pandemic strains
People walking past the Bank of Nova Scotia, on Bay St. in Toronto’s Financial District are photographed on July 12, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Ontario’s top doctor says there is ample supply of Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health speaks at a press conference at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, April 11, 2022. Moore says there is ample supply of the Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine, even for people who won't be eligible for that shot until later this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
british columbia
More comprehensive services required to curb B.C. drug deaths, doctor says
B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson speaks during a news conference, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. More grim statistics from the BC Coroners Service show the rate of toxic drug deaths has doubled since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
From the Great War to the pandemic, doctors and nurses have always carried a heavy burden
Tim Cook
world
End of the COVID-19 pandemic ‘is in sight,’ WHO chief says
FILE PHOTO: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) speaks following his re-election during the 75th World Health Assembly at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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New Zealand removes most remaining COVID-19 rules as cases wane
FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a post Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Nov. 22, 2021. New Zealand removed most of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, as the government signaled a return to normalcy for the first time since the pandemic began.(Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing ‘moonshot’ to fight cancer
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Oxon Hill, Md. Biden did address inflation in a speech Thursday, he stressed progress, rather than financial pain. Biden has repeatedly said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for pushing up energy prices by invading Ukraine, but he wanted credit for the recent decline in prices even though they're also a sign of a potential worldwide economic slowdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Scientists investigating deaths of giant sturgeon in B.C.’s Nechako River
A white sturgeon is seen in B.C. waters after being captured during sampling by the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society in an undated handout photo. British Columbia government scientists are asking for the public’s help to solve a mystery after 11 of the iconic and endangered fish were recently found dead in the river in central B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, *MANDATORY CREDIT*