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Murray Wood concludes that if you do the math, you might not be saving much money by growing food yourself in your yard,...
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Former Montreal officer cleared in Nicholas Gibbs killing suing ethics commissioner
MONTREAL - A former Montreal police officer who was cleared of wrongdoing after killing a Black man during a 2018 intervention is suing the police ethics commissioner for about $1.2 million, alleging ...
Jun 11, 2026
FIFA World Cup festivities are underway. Here's how Toronto health-care workers have been preparing
TORONTO - As people from around the world arrive in Toronto and festivities marking the beginning of the FIFA World Cup get underway, health-care workers want to assure visitors and residents that the...
Jun 11, 2026
Alberta government orders stop to rebranding of paramedic service provider
EDMONTON - Alberta's minister of hospitals says she has put an end to a contentious rebranding of the province's paramedic service provider. Acute Care Alberta announced last month that Emergency Heal...
Jun 10, 2026
Canada launches new preventive health advisory committee after disbanding task force
OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care more than a year after pausing the work of a task force that had come under fire for failing to keep up ...
Jun 10, 2026
Murray Wood: Health inspection reports aren't as useful as they should be
Murray Wood says health inspection reports are shared publicly in Saskatchewan, thanks to hard work by our newsrooms, but 20 years later, the information isn't as specific or useful as it should be. M...
Jun 10, 2026
Know the risks, World Cup visitors warned over Canada's toxic drug supply
Health officials in both Canadian cities hosting World Cup matches are warning visitors about the potential risk of the toxic illicit drug supply that could be very different from what they are used t...
Jun 10, 2026
Health experts tell Quebec politicians there are no benefits from energy drinks
Health experts told Quebec's legislature that there are no health benefits to consuming energy drinks as Health Minister Sonia Blanger hopes to pass a bill banning the sale of the beverages to those u...
Jun 09, 2026
Rabies vaccination program for skunks, raccoons in effort to stop spread to Montreal
MONTREAL - The raccoons that roam Montreal's alleys, parks and backyards are a familiar part of city life. But as raccoon rabies cases mount south and east of Quebec, wildlife officials are making eff...
Jun 09, 2026
Congo's Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - More than 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, a grim toll as officials intensify efforts to sl...
Jun 09, 2026 Health workers prepare for duty at the Mongbwalu treatment center in Mongbwalu, Congo, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
B.C. health officials say Canadian who tested positive for hantavirus has recovered
British Columbia health officials say the Canadian who fell ill with hantavirus on a cruise ship stricken with an outbreak earlier this spring has recovered. A statement from the Office of the Provinc...
Jun 09, 2026 The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor after arriving at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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