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Patients demand action into investigation of New Brunswickers’ unexplained neurological symptoms
New Brunswick's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, Monday, July 6, 2020. New Brunswick's health minister says an epidemiological report has found no known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could have caused the symptoms of a mystery neurological syndrome. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
obituary
Public servant Neil Collishaw devoted his life to clearing the air of cigarette smoke
Anti-smoking activist Neil Collishaw, who was research director of Physicians for a Smoke Free Canada (PSC). Photo courtesy of his daughter Rachel Collishaw
opinion
An election promise that must be kept
The Editorial Board
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Inquest into Winnipeg custody deaths calls for joint police-paramedic response
The Manitoba Law Courts building in Winnipeg on May 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
british columbia
B.C. sees sharp spike in women dying from illicit drugs, coroner service says
Ambulances parked at the central reporting station in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Temporary emergency room shutdowns have hit rural and urban hospitals alike, hundreds of cancer patients have been sent across the U.S. border for radiation therapy, and there's a shortage of nurses and doctors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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More than five million Canadians struggle to access primary care, new CIHI report says
Supporters gather for the We Need Doctors Now rally hosted by BC Health Care Matters at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Saturday, October 22, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
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Canadian homes show higher levels, exposure to radon gas, report says
Dr. Aaron Goodarzi, right, Scientific Director of the Evict Radon National Study, and home owner Henk de Haan stand beside a water well on de Haan's property near Okotoks, Alta., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
charting retirement
Are we trending toward an average life expectancy of 100? Why we might not be
Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at private clinic. Close up of hands of nurse holding a senior patient with walking stick. Elder woman using walking cane at nursing home with nurse holding hand for support.
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Potential listeria contamination causes frozen waffle recall in Canada, U.S.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for more than 10 brands of beef jelly tongue products sold in Ontario due to possible Listeria contamination. Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Canada knows how to prepare for the next pandemic, but will we follow our own advice?
Peter Singer
opinion
The lessons of pandemic lessons unlearned
The Editorial Board
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Ontario’s big cities call on province to review mandatory treatment laws
A hospital bed is seen during simulation training at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Researchers say there was "no unusual change" in the rate of preterm or stillbirths in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years stretching back to 2002. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Rates of medical assistance in dying for non-terminal illness in Ontario higher in poorer neighbourhoods, reports say
Demand for MAID is growing across the country but, like many provinces, Ontario does not have a mechanism for nurse practitioners to take on independent work and be paid for it. A patient has his hand held, in Minneapolis, Monday, May 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS-David Joles-Star Tribune via AP
opinion
Supervised consumption services improve public health in ways that benefit all Calgarians
Kate Colizza and Patty Wilson
canada
Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates
Lawyers and plaintiffs speak to the media during a news conference Friday, October 18, 2024 in Montreal. Tobacco companies have offered to pay close to $25 billion in compensation to smokers and their loved ones.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Focus on vulnerable communities, improve data sharing before next pandemic, report says
A heath-care worker watches through protective glass as one of his colleagues attends to a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. An expert panel of doctors and researchers say Canada needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and take action before the next health emergency strikes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Three million Ontarians will live with major illnesses by 2040: report
Paramedics bring a patient to the emergency department at Toronto Western Hospital on July 14, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. After bringing patients there, paramedics can’t leave until a nurse has taken charge of the patient.
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Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter rights challenge
Methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, from a safe supply handed out to drug users by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Drug User Liberation Front and Moms Stop the Harm, are displayed in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
We need to consider involuntary treatment for young people battling drug addiction
Tom Warshawski and Grant Charles
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