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Ottawa injects another $36.4-million into vaccine injury compensation fund
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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What is Alzheimer’s disease, and what are the symptoms and treatments for the condition?
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Seth Gale points out evidence of Alzheimer’s disease on an MRI at the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment (CART) at Brigham And Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Morning Update: B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted
A shooting overnight in White Rock, B.C., has sent four people to hospital and closed traffic in a residential neighbourhood while police investigate. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
british columbia
B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted
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Patients say B.C. pharmacies paying prohibited cash incentives to fill prescriptions at their locations
A patient displays medications and a $50 cash kickback that a pharmacy employee delivered to him, in violation of College of Pharmacists of B.C. bylaws, on Feb. 6, 2024, in Vancouver. The man tells The Globe and Mail that the pharmacy pays him $50 per week and does not change his fentanyl patches, as ordered by his doctor.
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Mother says package presenting cannabis like ‘treat’ put children in N.S. hospital
The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a "treat," as shown in this handout image, led her son and his classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week. Katrina MacDonald, who is also a health-care worker, said her son threw up multiple times and had to be rushed to emergency, while the mother of another child — who spoke on the condition of anonymity — said her child was taken to intensive care for treatment before stabilizing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Katrina MacDonald *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Time for Ottawa to protect Canadians from ‘forever chemicals,’ toxics experts say
Environmental Defence Canada's Cassie Barker, centre, concludes an appearance at the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations
Cannabis plants grow inside of Thrive Cannabis' production facility in Simcoe, Ont. Tuesday, April 13, 2021. A group convened by the federal government to study the act that legalized cannabis is recommending the country review the excise taxes it charges pot companies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton
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Halifax sexual-health clinic can no longer give free birth control to patients in need
A Halifax sexual health clinic that has for years been offering free birth control devices to patients who can’t afford them say they’ve had to stop. Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
food for thought
Why magnesium should be on your radar – and how to get it
Leslie Beck
british columbia
Province takes steps to curb spread of fatal disease found in B.C. deer, moose
A mule deer buck forages for food as the sun rises near Dog Pound, north of Calgary, on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. The B.C. government is taking steps to curb the spread of a disease that's deadly for deer, elk, moose and caribou after the discovery of the province's first cases of chronic-wasting disease. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl detected in Quebec City region
british columbia
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases are seen on a table on January 29, 2024 in New York City. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for federal action on ZYN, a popular nicotine pouch in the United States. The senator is asking the FTC and FDA to investigate the companies marketing and the health effects of the nicotine pouch. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
opinion
Our clinical trials system is failing Canadians with cancer
Rebecca Auer
report on business
Children’s pain and fever relief medicine recalled due to risk of overdose
Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children's pain and fever relief medicine because it contains too much acetaminophen and poses a risk of overdose. A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
alberta
Health Canada says cord blood stored at Edmonton facility may pose serious risks
british columbia
B.C. Coroner’s death panel recommends issuing drugs without prescription to stop overdoses
Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Federal government expands drug strategy to prevent more overdoses, provide additional services
The federal government is expanding its drug and substance use strategy to try to save more lives and provide more services to people disproportionately affected by Canada's overdose crisis. An injection kit is seen inside the newly opened Fraser Health supervised consumption site is pictured in Surrey, B.C. Tuesday, June 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Ontario offers flu shots, COVID-19 vaccines for all over six months as of Monday
<div>People in Ontario who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday. Pediatric doses of Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine are seen a clinic in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang</div>
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LittleOak Infant, Follow-on Formula recalled for not being evaluated by Health Canada
A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. Health Canada has approved an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, as uncertainty persists about the drug's clinical benefit.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Health Canada approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for fall
A Fraser Health registered nurse draws a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a walk-up vaccination clinic at Bear Creek Park, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, May 17, 2021. The detection in British Columbia of the country's first known case of the latest COVID-19 variant should have Canadians ready to roll up their sleeves for newly formulated vaccines to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as influenza and RSV in some cases, an immunologist says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
food for thought
Eating these six foods may help you live longer
Leslie Beck
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Canada’s animal testing ban will come into effect in December
Luna the dog stands in front of signs as animal lovers and their pets deliver petitions demanding a ban on animal tested cosmetic products in Canada on Parliament Hill on Monday, May 28, 2018. Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals. It's a largely symbolic move that brings Canada's policy in line with dozens of other countries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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‘Baby Shark’ bath toy recalled in Canada due to laceration hazard
This image provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Zuru’s full-sized Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys. The bath toys are being recalled after multiple impalements, lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP
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How does wildfire smoke affect air quality and your health?
A smokey Toronto skyline is seen from the CN Tower as wildfires in Ontario and Quebec continue to burn, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Parliament votes down Conservative motion against safe supply of drugs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 29, 2023. An attempt from Poilievre for the House of Commons to condemn the Liberal government's approach to drug addiction has failed.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Tracking the flight of bumblebees, Canadian researchers hope to learn how pesticides can muddle their minds
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High-risk people should get next COVID-19 boosters this spring, Ontario’s top doctor says
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, speaks at a news conference during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, April 11, 2022. Moore says people who are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection should get their next booster dose of the vaccine this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
toronto
Toronto updates decriminalization request to Health Canada, asks to exempt all drugs, include youth
Toronto is asking the federal government to decriminalize all drugs for personal use in the city and for all people, including youth, as it lays out a model that goes further than what Health Canada approved in British Columbia. A tested supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is readied for distribution to drug users n Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Health Canada warns of uncertified child car seats that could increase risk of injury
Rush hour traffic (R) heading south on Jarvis St. towards the Gardiner Expressway, is photographed on Jan 17, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Board member of federal drug-pricing agency resigns over concerns about panel’s independence
FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist counts prescription drugs at the at the CentreTown Pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Canadians should get info on how much alcohol is in a standard drink, Bennett says
Bottles of wine at the SAQ in Montreal on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
alberta
‘Game-changer:’ Calgary becomes training hub for new miniaturized pacemaker
Dr. Derek Exner, a cardiologist and heart rhythm specialist with Alberta Health Services, holds an example of the miniaturized pacemaker against a model where it would be installed in a human heart at the University of Calgary medical centre in Calgary. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
british columbia
Federal minister promises data on impact of decriminalization
Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, pauses during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, January 30, 2023. British Columbia is introducing a policy of decriminalization on Tuesday as part of what it says is an overall plan to prevent overdose deaths from illicit drugs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Here’s how to drink less alcohol and still enjoy yourself
FILE — Clockwise from front, the prietoni, the amores perros and the matador norteno, three cocktails on the menu at La Contenta, in New York’s Lower East Side neighborhood, April 21, 2015. Briny flavors, high-end Jell-O shots, a fascination with outer space and a concern for Earth will guide our choices. At least that’s what the food forecasters say. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
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RCMP lay charges in alleged drug-trafficking scheme at Hamilton pharmacy