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Plastic labelled 'BPA free' might not be safe, studies suggest
Consumers assume plastic bottles and containers labelled "BPA free" are safer, or better, because they do not contain the harmful chemical bisphenol A (BPA). But growing evidence shows that may not be the case.
Elaina MacIntyre
Technology & Science ||
Recovering alcoholic launches resource for people trying to stay sober
Lee-Anne Richardson battled alcoholism for years and found it difficult to get sober in a city with an ingrained drinking culture. She launched Sober City Halifax for others who might be struggling.
Alex Cooke
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
Legal age to buy cannabis in Quebec is now 21, the highest in Canada
As of Jan. 1, 2020, the legal age to buy or possess cannabis in Quebec is 21, giving the province the highest minimum age for cannabis use in Canada.
Canada -Montreal ||
Toronto parents of baby needing $2.8M drug turn to Swiss drugmaker's dose lottery as a last resort
A Toronto couple is down to two options to get a dose of a $2.8-million gene therapy that could potentially save their baby's life: either raise the money themselves and buy it in the U.S. or win a dose in an international lottery run by the Swiss drugmaker.
Olivia Stefanovich
Politics |
With taxidermist's help, Alberta man preserves bones of his amputated arm
Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton ||
Why N.B. universities are graduating fewer nurses — despite demand and incentives
Gabrielle Fahmy
Canada -New Brunswick ||
China convicts researcher who claimed to create world's first gene-edited babies
Technology & Science ||
Meet the brains behind the push to get more women in neurosurgery
Ali Chiasson
Canada -Toronto ||
How VR is letting palliative patients 'complete their bucket list'
Laurie Fagan
Canada -Ottawa ||
A century after the Spanish flu hit N.S., historians now chronicling the impact
Moira Donovan
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
Are colds lasting longer? How long are you infectious? Answers to common questions
Health ||
LifeLabs facing proposed class action over data breach affecting up to 15M clients
Canada -Toronto |
Are you bald? Pregnant? Poisoned? Here's the dung to help you
Jon Tattrie
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
Doctor researching rare genetic disorders 1 of 3 Manitobans inducted into Order of Canada
Canada -Manitoba ||
Pregnant women can lower blood clot risk during flights
Health |
Art exhibit expresses diverse stories of disability — together
Christine Rankin
Canada -Hamilton |
Calgary parents raise awareness about little-known childhood illness
Jennifer Lee
Canada -Calgary ||
Service dog costs should be compensated for people with epilepsy, autism, petition says
Chloë Ranaldi
Canada -Montreal ||
Year of reckoning for nutritional science — red meat studies point the way forward
Health |
'New Mom Project' offers free baby gear, friendship
Shannon Martin
Canada -Toronto ||
Governor General urges Canadians to enjoy the outdoors in annual New Year's message
Politics |
Edmonton boy battles ultra-rare disease that makes him 'itch like crazy'
Colette Derworiz
Canada -Edmonton |
Harm reduction agency urges Quebec to get naloxone into hands of more opioid users
Maya Lach-Aidelbaum
Canada -Montreal |
Transgender children sense true gender at young age, study finds
Health |
CLIMATE CHANGE
In our backyard: What climate change in Canada looks like
Technology & Science |