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CAF updates entry medical standards to aid recruitment efforts
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is no longer automatically disqualifying applicants with certain medical conditions such as allergies and ADHD, as it works to improve its numbers and grow the size ...
Jan 22, 2025
Canadian doctor says WHO headquarters 'stressed, devastated' as Trump orders U.S. exit
TORONTO - Staff at the World Health Organization are "devastated" by President Donald Trump's executive order to pull the U.S. out of the agency, a Canadian global health specialist says. Dr. Madhukar...
Jan 21, 2025
More than a third of Canadians turn to online info due to lack of doctor access: poll
A new poll suggests more than a third of Canadians say they have no choice but to seek health information online because they don't have access to a doctor, further highlighting challenges posed by an...
Jan 21, 2025 The online survey by the Canadian Medical Association and Abacus Data conducted last November found that 37 per cent of respondents used medical advice they found online because they couldn’t access a doctor or a medical professional for help.
Stop 'warehousing' seniors and build small homes for long-term care: aging institute
TORONTO - Before Allan Dugas moved into long-term care, he feared he'd be forced to share a bedroom in an impersonal, institutional building, where a regimented schedule would dictate when he ate and ...
Jan 21, 2025
Toronto to see more emergency calls after supervised consumption sites close: top doc
TORONTO - Overdoses will increase and first responders will see more emergency calls after new provincial laws shutter five supervised drug consumption sites in Toronto this spring, the city's acting ...
Jan 20, 2025
New Montreal report reveals lack of consensus on dismantling homeless encampments
MONTREAL - In Montreal, municipal politicians, health officials and community groups can't agree on what to do about homeless encampments, which are regularly dismantled by social workers and police. ...
Jan 20, 2025
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley to guard against potential revenge by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraord...
Jan 20, 2025
Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential retribution by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraord...
Jan 20, 2025
More than 60 ill, 17 hospitalized in salmonella outbreak linked to mini pastries
The Public Health Agency of Canada says 61 cases of salmonella across the country, including 17 that have required hospitalization, have been linked to recalled mini pastries. The agency said the Swee...
Jan 19, 2025
Eggs in Saskatchewan named in error in recall notice
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which issued a recall due to a possible salmonella contamination of certain brands of eggs on Saturday, has now said it named Saskatchewan and Alberta in error in ...
Jan 19, 2025 The recall covers Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, no name and Western Family eggs. (Canadian Press)
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