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3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) - Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said, as the vessel at the ...
May 06, 2026 Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Ontario to start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45 instead of 50
TORONTO - New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a "notable" increase in younger people di...
May 05, 2026
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use 'all tools' to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so. Sim, whose A...
May 05, 2026
Toronto woman asks court for emergency relief to receive medically assisted death
TORONTO - Claire Elyse Brosseau said she hadn't been outside since January. She made an exception Monday to make her latest plea for a medically assisted death outside of the Ontario Superior Court of...
May 04, 2026
Alberta judge denies effort to amend court challenge against province's trans law
EDMONTON - Advocates in Alberta have lost a court battle in their fight against provincial restrictions on medical treatment for transgender youth. The groups Egale and Skipping Stone had asked a judg...
May 04, 2026
Maya Gebala's mom hopes 5th surgery on Tumbler Ridge, B.C., victim could be her last
VANCOUVER - The mother of Maya Gebala, the girl badly hurt in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says her daughter may be having her last surgery. Cia Edmonds says in a social media post that the...
May 04, 2026
Four Canadians on cruise ship that was hit by suspected hantavirus outbreak: firm
OTTAWA - There are four Canadians on board a cruise ship where a suspected hantavirus outbreak has killed three passengers. The MV Hondius was on a polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and severa...
May 04, 2026
Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own while hospitalized with pneumonia, spokesperson says
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said Monday. Giuliani, 81, remains...
May 04, 2026 Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)
Auditor general reports on avian flu vaccines, First Nations funding
OTTAWA - Two federal watchdogs released five audits Monday, including probes into federal workplace accessibility and avian flu. Here are some of the highlights: Indigenous Services Canada failed to m...
May 04, 2026
A cruise ship is waiting for help after a suspected outbreak of rare hantavirus onboard killed 3
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A Dutch cruise ship with around 150 passengers on board was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after a suspected outbreak of th...
May 04, 2026 This undated photo provided by Oceanwide Expeditions shows the m/v Hondius, a Polar Class 6 passenger vessel, at sea. (Oceanwide Expeditions via AP)
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Evan digs into the independent review into Saskatchewan's 2025 wildfire season, discusses the tough job market for young...
