Murray Wood: Liberals spending on the future, but deficit budget ignores struggling citizens
Canada's projected deficit for this year is sitting at $78.3 billion, but Murray Wood says the federal government's spen...
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RFK Jr.'s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada's access to development: experts
TORONTO - Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research and development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world. "I t...
Aug 08, 2025
Baklava pastries containing pistachios recalled due to salmonella
TORONTO - Baklava pastries containing pistachios are being recalled over salmonella concerns. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall notice for some Andalos brand pastries distributed in ...
Aug 08, 2025
New Ontario measles cases down to single digits for the first time since January
TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario are reporting that the number of new measles cases are down to the single digits for the first time since January. That's based on weekly data release by Public H...
Aug 07, 2025
Salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios, Dubai chocolate likely to expand, PHAC says
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects to report more salmonella cases linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products in the coming months, adding to th...
Aug 06, 2025
Immigration lawyers say rising number of CSIS security screenings causing delays
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's dealing with a growing number of immigration security screening requests - and immigration lawyers say their clients are coping with long ...
Aug 06, 2025
Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves
HALIFAX - Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air con...
Aug 06, 2025
Parkland dispatcher helps deliver baby on second shift alone
By Susan McNeil A career in emergency care peaked early for a new dispatcher in Prince Albert. Emma MacDonald, age 19, was on her second shift alone on July 30 when she helped a woman deliver a baby o...
Aug 06, 2025 Emma MacDonald helped a woman deliver her grandchild over the phone on her second shift alone. (Parkland Ambulance/Submitted)
B.C. mink farmers lose appeal for damages against province for pandemic-era ban
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against th...
Aug 05, 2025
Nine hospitalized, dozens sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
Nine people have been hospitalized, and dozens of salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. Recall w...
Aug 05, 2025
World nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global...
Aug 05, 2025 A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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