Murray Wood: What would our grandparents think about the return of measles?
Canada is losing ground to a dangerous and highly contagious virus that we had once virtually eradicated thanks to a vac...
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'It's an optimistic space:' Inside Toronto's new drug withdrawal centre
TORONTO - Joshua Orson sits on the edge of a bed in a bright, clean room, thinking about his journey from addict to health-care worker. The room is part of a new, 36-bed detox space in downtown Toront...
Nov 24, 2024
First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country's first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low....
Nov 23, 2024
Police officer acquitted in 2016 death of Ottawa man describes punches as distraction
A police officer who was found not guilty of manslaughter in the 2016 death of an Ottawa man told a coroner's inquest his goal was to "distract" Abdirahman Abdi with punches during the arrest, and he ...
Nov 22, 2024
Nova Scotia election: Liberals promise new hospital in Annapolis Valley
HALIFAX - As the Nova Scotia election campaign headed into its final weekend, the Liberals promised to build a new hospital in the Annapolis Valley, and the NDP discussed their plan to give money back...
Nov 22, 2024
New Brunswick oysters test positive for dermo disease, first confirmed case in Canada
FREDERICTON - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says oyster samples from New Brunswick's east coast have tested positive for two diseases, one of which has been found for the first time in Canada. A...
Nov 22, 2024
Pat King found guilty of mischief for role in 'Freedom Convoy'
OTTAWA - Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order. A judge in an Ottawa ...
Nov 22, 2024
'Emotional time' for B.C. poultry farmers who have to cull thousands of birds
Mark Siemens is a third-generation egg farmer in B.C.'s Fraser Valley and he recalls his grandfather sharing a story about fighting an unknown disease that raced through the farm decades ago, forcing ...
Nov 22, 2024
Third deer infected with chronic wasting disease in B.C.
A new case of chronic wasting disease, an incurable illness that has the potential to decimate deer populations, has been identified in British Columbia. The B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource ...
Nov 21, 2024
Petition by RFK Jr. fan prompts Montreal council to end water fluoridation
MONTREAL - Municipal officials have opted to end water fluoridation on the Island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A c...
Nov 21, 2024
Tense cross-examination of former cop at inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man
A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest had several testy exchanges with lawyers during Thursday's cross-examination at a coroner's inquest, and r...
Nov 21, 2024
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MP Chris d'Entremont talks about crossing the floor to the Liberal Party after the federal budget was revealed, and seni...
