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Governor General urges Canadians to enjoy the outdoors in annual New Year's message
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette today encouraged Canadians to get outside and enjoy the winter in her annual New Year's message.
Politics |
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Edmonton boy battles ultra-rare disease that makes him 'itch like crazy'
Armando Perez was only three months old when he got itchy.
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Colette Derworiz
Canada -Edmonton |
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Harm reduction agency urges Quebec to get naloxone into hands of more opioid users
Naloxone kits have been freely available through 1,900 Quebec pharmacies since 2017, in an effort to avoid the kind of full-blown opioid overdose crisis that B.C. is experiencing. But CACTUS Montréal believes the opioid antidote must be made more accessible — distributed anonymously and on a larger scale.
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Maya Lach-Aidelbaum
Canada -Montreal |
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Transgender children sense true gender at young age, study finds
Health |
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CLIMATE CHANGE
In our backyard: What climate change in Canada looks like
Technology & Science |
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'A huge issue of mental health': Researcher receives $80K grant to study history of hazing
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
Point of View
Don't pity my disability; it's not the same as being kind
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Shannon Flaman
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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'I don't want to regress': Patients, doctors divided on Alberta's move to change biologic drug coverage
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Joel Dryden
Canada -Calgary ||
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Opinion
The race to exascale is on — while Canada watches from the sidelines
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Kris Rowe
Opinion ||
'A special gift': Toronto doctor helps grant holiday wishes to homeless facing terminal illness
Canada -Toronto |
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'Start low and go slow': New cannabis products could put party hosts at risk of liability
Adam Miller
Health ||
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Why we put climate concerns on hold for the holiday season
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Kelly Crowe
Health |
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Chiropractors making misleading claims about pregnancy and birth targeted by B.C. regulator
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Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Food scientists say don't wash the turkey. Here's why
Health ||
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'It changed my life': New pilot project tests health benefits of social prescribing
Shannon Martin
Canada -Toronto ||
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Overdose tracking gives real-time glimpses into ravages of opioid-fuelled drug crisis
Health ||
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New Brunswick missed screening more than 1,800 possible tissue, ocular donors
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Karissa Donkin
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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Low-income rates could rise as StatsCan moves to redraw poverty line
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Jordan Press
Politics ||
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Renfrew brain injury patient faces 'lifetime wait' for proper care
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Trevor Pritchard
Canada -Ottawa |
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'We're not alone anymore': Christmas cards lining hallways at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation School
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Heidi Atter
Canada -Saskatchewan |
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GlobalMedic: More than 2 decades on mission, relief agency keeps evolving
Philip Lee-Shanok
Canada -Toronto ||
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Indigenous 'honouring blankets' donated to Whitehorse long term care homes
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Kaila Jefferd-Moore
Canada -North |
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Notre Dame fire spewed lead dust over Paris, with no rules for safe levels
World |
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Foreign-trained nurses frustrated by registration process
Canada -New Brunswick ||