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SECOND OPINION
Could cannabis be a 'silver bullet' in the fight against the opioid crisis?
Adam Miller
Health ||
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FIFTH ESTATE
Pain, agony and 'years of duress': How hockey wives are fighting back over players' chronic brain injuries
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Virginia Smart, Lisa Ellenwood
Canada |
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SECOND OPINION
Plague in 2019? Why there's no reason to panic about China's recent cases
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Amy Husser
Health ||
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Consumers warned against eating romaine lettuce from Salinas, Calif.
A U.S. outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce has led to warnings in both the United States and Canada for consumers to check labels for where the produce was grown.
Health ||
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Marketplace
Seniors' homes using 'trespass orders' to ban family members from visiting
Mary Sardelis was banned from seeing her mom in an Ottawa seniors home for almost a year under Ontario's Trespass to Property Act, legislation that, some experts say, is being increasingly used to keep out family members who complain about conditions in retirement and long-term care homes.
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Katie Pedersen, Melissa Mancini, David Common
Business ||
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New Brunswick uses notwithstanding clause in 2nd bid to pass vaccination bill
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Jacques Poitras
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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Certain she was 'bound to die in addiction,' she's now drug-free thanks to mother-child rehab program
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
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MARKETPLACE
Hidden camera investigation reveals 'scary' and 'misleading' sales pitches to sell blue light lenses
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Tyana Grundig, Jeannie Stiglic, Makda Ghebresslassie
Canada ||
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Machines on music - An AI figures out how music tickles your brain and your body
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
Controversial conscience rights bill for Alberta physicians voted down
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Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton |
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'It changes the future': Why this Nova Scotian wants to make brain donation easier
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Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Most of the world's teens aren't getting enough exercise, WHO study warns
Health ||
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WHO warns spike in violence may jeopardize ending Ebola epidemic in Congo
Health ||
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As N.S. weighs using family practice anesthetists, red tape holds back Ont. doctor
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Michael Gorman
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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They (heart) science: Heart attack survivor, researcher head for the heights of Everest
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Trudeau appears open to safe opioid supply proposal in Vancouver, mayor says
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Teresa Wright
Canada -British Columbia ||
Ontario teen's vaping injury consistent with 'popcorn lung,' study suggests
Health ||
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Infants more vulnerable to measles than previously thought: study
Health |
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Police make two arrests, recover stolen medical supplies for Saskatoon boy with rare condition
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Morgan Modjeski
Canada -Saskatoon ||
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Beauty industry insiders call for regulation in B.C. after woman burned by laser hair removal
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Andrea Ross
Canada -British Columbia ||
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N.B. hospital takes 'extreme' steps after running out of beds
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Elizabeth Fraser
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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Black women in N.S. less likely to get tested for breast and cervical cancers, study finds
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Sherri Borden Colley
Canada -Nova Scotia |
'It's literally life or death': Students say University of Toronto dragging feet on mental health services
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Melissa Mancini & Ioanna Roumeliotis
Canada -Toronto ||
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Lawyers launch $500M class-action lawsuit against Roundup makers
Business |
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Proposed P.E.I. vaping bill seeks to strictly regulate products, raise age limit to 21
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Kevin Yarr
Canada -PEI ||
Video
Ontario mother worries planned cuts to province's disability services will be 'detrimental'
Amy Dodge
Canada -Windsor ||