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Ebola: How it spreads, the treatments available and why this outbreak is so devastating
TORONTO - As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a f...
May 22, 2026 A woman mourns her child, who died of Ebola, at the General Hospital in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Quebecer graduating from Polytechnique with service dog who attended every class
MONTREAL - When Victor Bal walks across the stage to collect his mechanical engineering degree at Polytechnique Montral, his service dog Kopeck will be by his side - just as she's been for every singl...
May 22, 2026
What Canadian aid workers face in the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Congo
People just keep coming. They know they have Ebola. Some have converged at the gate of the Doctors Without Borders office in Bunia, the capital city of Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Con...
May 21, 2026 Red Cross workers carry the body of a person who died of Ebola into a coffin at a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Cases of Lyme disease in Montreal highest in more than 20 years
MONTREAL - Montreal public health is warning of an uptick in Lyme disease in the city after officials recorded 161 cases in 2025. That's the highest number of cases since 2003, when Lyme infections be...
May 21, 2026
Air France flight diverted to Montreal amid U.S. Ebola travel restrictions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded "in error" amid flight...
May 21, 2026 Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Jason Nixon named Alberta's new finance minister in cabinet shakeup
EDMONTON - Veteran legislator Jason Nixon is the new cabinet minister in charge of Alberta's money. Nixon, with more than a decade of experience in the legislature, was named the new finance minister ...
May 21, 2026
Air France flight diverted to Montreal amid U.S. Ebola travel restrictions
MONTREAL - U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded "in error" ...
May 21, 2026
What Canadian aid workers face in the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Congo
TORONTO - People just keep coming. They know they have Ebola. Some have converged at the gate of the Doctors Without Borders office in Bunia, the capital city of Ituri province in the Democratic Repub...
May 21, 2026
Alberta's finance, hospital ministers stepping down, won't seek re-election
EDMONTON - Two of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's longtime cabinet ministers are stepping down. In letters posted on social media Wednesday, Finance Minister Nate Horner and Hospitals Minister Matt J...
May 20, 2026
Sask. NDP raises concerns after LifeLabs service disruption during May long weekend
Saskatchewan's NDP is raising concerns after the party's health critic, Keith Jorgenson, said he wasn't able to get urgent bloodwork done over the May long weekend. Jorgenson said he tried to have lab...
May 20, 2026 The Saskatchewan NDP is raising concerns after its health critic, Keith Jorgenson, said he wasn’t able to get bloodwork done over the long weekend. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
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