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Lack of ambulances leaves Ottawa at 'level zero' in life-and-death situations
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Laura Osman
Canada -Ottawa ||
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'We have more work to do' on helping Mounties with PTSD: RCMP commissioner
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Eva Uguen-Csenge
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Should nurses be allowed to prescribe certain drugs? Ontario wants to know
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Shawn Jeffords
Canada -Toronto ||
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Drug companies in opioid epidemic settle with Ohio counties, avoiding 1st federal trial
Four big drug companies have reached a last-minute, $260-million legal settlement related to the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic, averting the first federal trial that was scheduled to start Monday morning in Cleveland.
Business |
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'Powerful piece of circumstantial evidence' that virus causes paralyzing illness in kids
Study provides the most robust evidence so far that enteroviruses cause AFM, a mysterious illness that can start like the sniffles but quickly paralyze children.
Health ||
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Second Opinion
Could a common treatment for joint pain do more harm than good?
A common treatment for a chronic pain condition that affects millions of Canadians may not be as safe as once thought, and experts say a growing body of research shows it could be doing more harm than good.
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Adam Miller
Health ||
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'That's a crisis': P.E.I. senior spends 9 nights in ER waiting for long-term care bed
Sarah MacMillan
Canada -PEI ||
Point of View
Living with saving a life: How I saved my son from a life-threatening allergy
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Jean Paetkau
Canada -British Columbia |
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Heartburn drug Zantac recalled in Canada, U.S. over contamination fears
Health ||
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Changing the tune on tortured artists and musicians' mental health
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Jessica Wong
Entertainment ||
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More beef products recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
Canada |
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Kathy Woudzia's daughter is dead and she wants people to know why
Canada -British Columbia |
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Regulations, funding keep Canada from becoming world leader in cannabis research, scientists say
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Aidan Geary
Canada -Manitoba ||
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A cuddle from mum instead of morphine: How rooming in helps opioid-dependent newborns combat withdrawal
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
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Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency, World Health Organization says
Health ||
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Johnson & Johnson recalls baby powder in U.S. as a precaution
Health ||
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Canadian breakthrough that became the world's most expensive drug, then vanished, gets second chance
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Kelly Crowe
Health ||
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World's 1st Ebola vaccine gets green light from EU regulator
Health ||
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Unable to get treatment here, N.S. woman with endometriosis to leave province
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Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Vaping and e-cigarette regulations across Canada
Canada |
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B.C. man sues Monsanto, Bayer, alleging Roundup herbicide caused his cancer
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Liam Britten
Canada -British Columbia ||
Indigenous communities face 'abhorrent' housing conditions, UN report finds
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Idil Mussa
Canada -Ottawa |
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Juul suspends online sales of fruit, dessert flavours for e-cigarettes in U.S.
Health ||
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Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says
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Amina Zafar
Health ||
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Food for pot: Cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals now legal but can't be sold for some time
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Liam Britten
Canada -British Columbia ||
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She's not a doctor, but this nurse practitioner thinks she's part of the future of rural health
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Alyson Samson
Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||
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Whooping cough outbreak declared in southern Alberta
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||