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• Skin cancer rate up for Canadians born in the 1990s CBC - Fri Jul 3, 9:32 AM

  Skin cancer rates among younger Canadians are rising just as the number of skin specialists is set to decline, the Canadian Dermatology Association says.

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  I'll be back! Australovenator - biggest carnivore found in Australia - roamed 98M years ago The Canadian Press - Fri Jul 3, 8:04 AM

  CANBERRA, Australia - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

• Doctors take N.B. government to court over fee freeze CBC - Fri Jul 3, 5:22 AM

  The New Brunswick Medical Society has taken its fight against the provincial government's two-year fee freeze to the next level by launching its promised court action.

• Animal attraction: New book explores biological bond between humans, animals The Canadian Press - Fri Jul 3, 12:45 AM

  TORONTO - Ever wondered why it feels so good to curl up with your pet, whether you're stroking your dog's fur or cuddling your cat?

• Antipsychotic drug use spiralling in kids, research says CBC - Thu Jul 2, 6:53 PM

  Medical research out of the University of British Columbia suggests the number of children taking medications known as atypical antipsychotics has increased tenfold over the past decade, CBC News has learned.

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• Gene variations hinder mental illness tests: study
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• Human heart master cells identified
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• NASA fuels space shuttle Endeavour's external tank for hydrogen leak test
  The Canadian Press - Wed Jul 1, 11:41 AM
• Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests
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• Solar orbiter Ulysses ends mission after 18 years
  Reuters - Tue Jun 30, 9:12 PM
• Alberta Health faces $1.1B budget shortfall
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• 3 more hospitalized in N.S. with swine flu
  CBC - Tue Jun 30, 1:15 PM
• Alberta ponying up $2 billion to make carbon capture and storage work
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• B.C. looks to carbon capture to balance clean-air targets with energy revenues
  The Canadian Press - Tue Jun 30, 12:51 PM
• Lower income Canadians less likely to get colorectal testing: StatsCan
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• More women aged 50-69 getting mammograms: StatsCan
  CBC - Tue Jun 30, 9:29 AM
• Daily sex makes for healthier sperm
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• Elderly man is 2nd Sask. death linked to swine flu
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