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Toronto Public Health urges vaccinations for at-risk residents as mpox cases in city rise
Toronto public health officials are urging eligible residents to get vaccinated against mpox as the number of reported cases in the city continues to rise. Mpox particles, red, found within an infected cell, blue, cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md., are shown in a colorized electron microscope handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Third person dies in Ontario in Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based milks
Almond and other alternatives to dairy milk products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que., on Thursday, May 26, 2022. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks happened in a Pickering, Ontario facility called Joriki Inc. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa provides $6.7-million for Nova Scotia organizations helping homeless veterans
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on June 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
‘Responsible gambling’ policies normalize risky behaviour and blame the victims
Bruce Kidd
driving concerns
Are groups of cyclists allowed to take up the whole lane?
Cyclist athletes riding a race at high speed
canada
B.C. charity offers pet fostering when owners go to rehab
Christie Staniforth sits for a photo outside the Hope for Freedom Glory House recovery home where she has been staying. She has been in recovery and living without her foster cat, Nala who she struggled to find care for. Paige Taylor White/The Globe and Mail
british columbia
B.C. appoints new chief coroner, while overdose health emergency lingers
British Columbia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on Friday July 3, 2020. The British Columbia government has appointed a new chief coroner following the retirement of Lisa Lapointe in February. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Listeria contamination of plant milks happened in Pickering, Ont. facility, CFIA says
Almond and other alternatives to dairy milk products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que., on Thursday, May 26, 2022. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks happened in a Pickering, Ont. facility called Joriki Inc. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
report on business
Health Canada recalling Gerber brand baby cereal due to possible Cronobacter
Health Canada has issued a recall for Gerber brand Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal due to possible Cronobacter contamination. A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Forbidden fruit: Don’t eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC
A person takes a photo of corn and other vegetables growing in a planter box surrounded by metal fencing, at Major's Hill Park in Ottawa, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The National Capital Commission says the food it's growing in these planters is not meant to be eaten, and may actually be unsafe to eat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Manitoba First Nation sends vulnerable members south due to wildfire smoke
A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, May 14, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
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Why is Ontario getting rid of its COVID wastewater surveillance?
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Ontario Health Minister defends end of COVID-19 wastewater program
A man collects sewage samples from the dorms at Utah State University Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Logan, Utah. Ontario is ending its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program on July 31. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rick Bowmer
opinion
Too many pedestrians and cyclists are killed by cars. There are solutions
The Editorial Board
opinion
When will the crackdowns come, in the aftermath of Calgary’s E. coli outbreak?
Kelly Cryderman
canada
More cases reported after listeria outbreak caused by tainted plant-based milks, public-health agency says
Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The Public Health Agency of Canada says two people have died after an outbreak of Listeria infections linked to the recall of plant-based refrigerated beverages. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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B.C. toxic drug deaths down 9 per cent in 2024, but six people continue to die each day
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside speaks during a news conference about improving access to mental-health and addiction care for people in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, on Friday, May. 31, 2024. British Columbia's Coroners Service says about six people continue to die each day from toxic drug poisoning, though the numbers have dipped compared with 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
opinion
Pierre Poilievre takes real ideas about the drug crisis and wraps them in nonsense
Campbell Clark
canada
Ontario has a globally praised system for monitoring diseases through wastewater. So why is the province shutting it down?
Alex Johnston. a wastewater field technicians, collect composite samples from an autosampler that collects wastewater every hour for twenty four hours, from a site in Toronto on Feb 17, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
opinion
B.C.’s vaccine mandates for health workers are over. But they had their place
André Picard
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