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Montreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal are still working to tally the total number of people who died from heat-related causes since Sunday, when sweltering temperatures took over the city. The city'...
Aug 14, 2025
Lung cancer survival rate has doubled, but it still causes the most cancer deaths: StatCan
TORONTO - Statistics Canada says five-year survival rates for people with lung cancer have doubled since the 1990s. The report released today says the number of people living five years after they wer...
Aug 13, 2025 In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, an infusion drug to treat cancer is administered to a patient via intravenous drip at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Why many Americans are rethinking alcohol, according to a new Gallup poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday...
Aug 13, 2025 Mixed drinks are displayed at a bar in Baltimore, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Ontario just shy of meeting target of four hours direct care for LTC residents
TORONTO - Ontario failed to meet its legislated target for getting long-term care residents an average of four hours a day of direct care by March of this year, the government concedes, though it came...
Aug 13, 2025
Montreal public health says one heat-related death reported since Sunday
MONTREAL - One heat-related death has been reported to Montreal's public health department since a period of extreme heat hit the city on Sunday. Department spokesperson Tudor Matei says the city's he...
Aug 12, 2025
Cancer survivor celebrates birthday by paying for patients' hospital parking
At the entrance of a London hospital, Krystyna Locke fronts a banner with loopy cursive letters that says, "Happy birthday to me. Your parking is free." The lymphoma cancer survivor is celebrating tur...
Aug 12, 2025
Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths
MONTREAL - Montreal's public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave. Officials issued a notice on Sunday for the ci...
Aug 11, 2025
Former Alberta health agency CEO says false claims may compromise investigation
EDMONTON - The former head of Alberta's front-line health agency says she's aware of misinformation that may compromise a third-party investigation into a multimillion-dollar health contracting scanda...
Aug 08, 2025
Alberta government appeals injunction of transgender health-care law
CALGARY - Alberta is appealing a temporary injunction of a law banning doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth. A judge granted the injunction in June, ruling the provincial law raises s...
Aug 08, 2025
Learn the health risks associated with wildfire smoke in Saskatchewan
As many wildfires in Saskatchewan continue to burn, the smoke can pose health risks for those breathing it in. Dr. Simon Kapaj, with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, said that over the past few week...
Aug 08, 2025 Wildfire smoke settles in over Saskatoon. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
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