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11 hospitalized, 79 sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
TORONTO - Eleven people have been hospitalized, and almost 80 salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing produc...
Sep 15, 2025
Alberta to add citizenship to ID cards to streamline service, protect elections
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding mandatory proof of citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent...
Sep 15, 2025
U of S researchers' new discovery may help protect against sepsis
Sepsis is the most common cause of death in hospital intensive-care units around the world, but a new discovery by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan could help improve outcomes for those p...
Sep 13, 2025 According to the university, the next step in the process is to determine how feasible the new pathway is for treatment and determine whether it is still active “in conditions where sepsis is very common.” (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
Health officials warn more people are being bitten by bats across Sask.
Residents should be careful when coming in contact with bats, in light of more reported bat bites across the province recently, say health officials. Within the past few months, there has been more ba...
Sep 12, 2025 When people are capturing or handling an individual bat, they should never touch bats with bare hands and they should always wear thick gloves, which is the easiest way to prevent rabies exposure. (Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment/screenshot)
Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years
TORONTO - An organization that bills itself as Canada's oldest HIV service agency will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services, even...
Sep 11, 2025
Judge upholds publication ban on B.C. festival attack mental fitness evidence
VANCOUVER - A judge has upheld a ban that prevents media from publishing evidence heard at a mental fitness hearing for the suspect in the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people...
Sep 11, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
BOSTON (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in J...
Sep 11, 2025
Carney says federal government will sign more pharmacare deals with provinces
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is committed to signing pharmacare deals with all provinces and territories, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, ending months of speculation about the pr...
Sep 11, 2025
ER visits for pneumonia doubled last fall, CIHI data shows
TORONTO - The number of emergency department visits for pneumonia more than doubled last fall over the previous year, the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. The new data released Thursday...
Sep 11, 2025
Study estimates 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke caused 82,000 premature deaths globally
VANCOUVER - Smoke from record-breaking Canadian wildfires in 2023 caused an estimated 5,400 acute deaths and about 82,100 premature deaths worldwide, a new study shows. The study published in the peer...
Sep 10, 2025
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