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Ottawa willing to add to list of medications covered by pharmacare bill: minister
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says the government is open to adding more medications to the list of drugs covered by its proposed pharmacare program. Holland made the comments at a parliamenta...
May 23, 2024
Canada 7th in foreign aid spending, but a fifth goes to refugees inside the country
OTTAWA - While Canada is one of the top contributors to foreign aid among some of the world's richest countries, one-fifth of the spending never leaves Canada's borders. Some 19 per cent of Canada's a...
May 23, 2024
First Nations Health Authority in B.C. investigating cybersecurity incident
The First Nations Health Authority in B.C. is investigating after being hit by a cybersecurity attack. The health authority, which bills itself as the first and only provincial one of its kind in Cana...
May 22, 2024
Saskatoon woman thanks 'guardian angel' paramedics who saved her life
A pair of Saskatoon paramedics saved Nicole Craig's life. The 45-year-old woman was in downtown Saskatoon with a work colleague on April 15, when she suddenly went into cardiac arrest. Her colleague c...
May 21, 2024 Nicole Craig (centre) thanked paramedics Matt McGurk (left) and Mitchell Sparrow for saving her life after she went into cardiac arrest in downtown Saskatoon last month. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Dying ex-doctor serving life for murder may soon be free after a conditional pardon and 2-year wait
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - On paper, Vince Gilmer was granted freedom more than two years ago. Later this week, he may actually leave prison. The former small-town North Carolina doctor and convicted murder...
May 21, 2024
Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception before backing away from the statement
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue "very shortly," comments that he later sa...
May 21, 2024
Federal Court certifies class-action lawsuit against military over mental health
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has certified another class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Armed Forces filed by a man who says he faced discrimination and stigmatization because of his mental health....
May 21, 2024
Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Abortion access advocates in Nevada said Monday that they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would ...
May 20, 2024
This wildfire season, changes are coming to better inform people about smoke hazards
Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country. Environment Canada's colour-coded Air Qua...
May 20, 2024
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) - Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital's emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital's sign is worn down from flapping ...
May 19, 2024
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