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Canada’s top doctor Gregory Taylor retiring; search is on for replacement
TORONTO – Dr. Gregory Taylor is retiring as Canada’s chief public health officer after a…
Laceration hazard prompts recall of some food processors
TORONTO – A recall has been issued for about 300,000 Cuisinart food processors sold in…
University of Manitoba researchers launch clinical trial for Alzheimer’s
WINNIPEG – A team of researchers from the University of Manitoba is testing an experimental…
Vancouver approves tax to help first responders battling opioid overdose crisis
Vancouver has approved a small tax hike intended to help address the opioid overdose crisis.…
Tainted peanut butter leads to $11.2M penalty a decade later
ALBANY, Ga. – A decade after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating Peter Pan…
McKesson to sell 28 stores to win Competition Bureau approval for Rexall deal
OTTAWA – U.S. health-care company McKesson has agreed to sell 28 drugstores to win approval…
High-risk woman with newborn baby has been found: New Westminster police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Police in New Westminster, B.C., say a 39-year-old “high-risk” woman and…
Huff, puff and explode: E-cigarette fires, injuries on rise
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Katrina Williams wanted a safer alternative to smoking, and e-cigarettes seemed to…
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Dec. 14 DOCUMENTS SHOW OTTAWA WATCHED U.S. CAMPAIGN…
No burgers but plenty of crawfish at this iconic New Orleans music festival
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday,…
Report finds flaws in mental health care at St. Louis VA
St. Louis Veterans Administration health care officials insufficiently investigated the death of a mental health…
Denmark-born head of UN health agency dies at 93
COPENHAGEN – The United Nations’ health agency says its former director Halfdan T. Mahler has…
Safety board urges life-jacket laws, stability assessments after fatal capsizing
RICHMOND, B.C. – The federal government should look at the success of seatbelt laws when…
Opioid prescribing down, but OD-related hospital visits continue to climb: study
TORONTO – Medically sanctioned opioid use has dropped by almost 14 per cent since national…
Liberals won’t face flak from Tories over tough stance on health funding
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government may not be winning friends among Canada’s premiers as they…
Polish parliament votes for controversial education overhaul
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s lower house of parliament has approved a controversial reform that eliminates…
A minimalist holiday season: How to simplify gift-giving without being a Scrooge
TORONTO – Rachel Jonat and her husband didn’t purchase any Christmas gifts for their three…
Ombudsman hopes Liberals act on promised reforms amid growing prison violence
Canada’s outgoing prisoners’ ombudsman says “it’s time” for the federal government to move on promised…
Miss Canada speaks out on China human rights
WASHINGTON – Poised but defiant, Miss Canada will be vying for more than the winner’s…
An alternative to bleak jail visits: The video chat
NEW YORK – Visiting an inmate at New York City’s remote Riker’s Island jail means…
Legal-marijuana activists celebrate new Massachusetts law
BOSTON – Legal-marijuana activists were in a celebratory mood Thursday as a new voter-approved law…
Make federal data protection and breach reporting the law, MPs say
OTTAWA – Federal agencies should be required by law to properly protect the private information…
Two provincial finance ministers confident new health deal with feds is close
OTTAWA – A pair of provincial finance ministers say they’re optimistic that a long-awaited deal…
Guidelines offer women options for treating ‘morning sickness’ during pregnancy
TORONTO – Morning sickness can really put a damper on the experience of being pregnant,…