The British Columbia government is banning all illicit drug use in public spaces, reversing course on its decriminalization policy that was intended to tackle the province's overdose crisis. Neetu Garcha explains why B.C. is backtracking, and why advocates are worried recriminalizing drugs won't solve the worsening emergency.
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Densely nutritious and good for your heart and brain, cashews can be much more than just a snack food. Here's what happens if you add them to your daily diet
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While many people suffering from obesity have been using Ozempic to help with weight loss, health professionals are warning of potential side effects.
Karyn Esser, in her 60s, replaced running with brisk walking and took up strength training — even though she doesn't like it.
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A retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force beat the odds when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.
The actress posted videos of herself doing impressive yoga poses to Instagram on Sunday, May 19
A Manchester daycare owner and her employees turned themselves in after an investigators said they were adding melatonin to children's food.
What your kids eat now has a big impact on their health for much of their life. Experts explain why you should be particularly cautious of these foods.
Two mammoth eastern Ontario energy projects are among 13 new electricity generation and storage facilities selected by Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to bolster the province's energy supply.The IESO approved 10 battery energy storage systems, including one in Edwardsburgh-Cardinal, Ont., the eastern Ontario community south of Ottawa where Hwy 401 meets Hwy. 416.Battery energy storage systems collect energy from renewable sources like wind and solar panels or from the el
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A free promotional tumbler handed out with Nütrl beverages at Ontario's alcohol retailer is being recalled over safety concerns. Nütrl Canada says the container's manufacturer has informed the company of a voluntary recall for the items given as a free gift at LCBO stores in April and May. They say a manufacturing defect could lead the tumblers to release a contaminant when the containers are filled with liquid. The tumbler came with the purchase of Nütrl vodka soda products. A representative fo
Martin White died at the age of 33 after being given blood products contaminated with HIV.
Cloud Light Technology, a maker of optical modules based out of the government-backed incubator Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP), anticipates a steady 50 per cent annual growth rate after its acquisition by a US company owing to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that is boosting data centre demand. The 6-year-old start-up is a manufacturer of fibre-optic transceivers, a device used in data centres to transmit data over fibre optic cables. The company was acquired last November
Opening up about her and her sister being abused by their maternal grandad, Sharon Stone has said he was so out of control he would have had sex with a “chair leg”.
Legislation brought in earlier this month to target impaired drivers would only apply to drunk driving and not cannabis impairment, the New Brunswick government says."This bill is specific only to impairment by alcohol," Jess Hearn, a spokesperson for the Department of Public Safety, in wrote in an email."Impairment from cannabis or drugs is prohibited already, with the same penalties as for impairment by alcohol."Currently, law enforcement can only charge drivers with impaired driving and issue
In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes. Over the next half hour, she broke the news that the Biden administration would soon be issuing a long-awaited order reclassifying pot as a less-dangerous drug, a major hurdle toward federal legalization that DEA has long resisted. And Milgra
A new study has linked the legalization of cannabis with a rise in the number of Ontario seniors visiting emergency rooms. The number of people aged 65 and over checking into ERs in Ontario for what amounted to cannabis poisoning grew sharply over an eight-year period, particularly after cannabis was legalized, according to the report published Monday in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine. "These are not people getting too high, being giddy and laughing," said Dr. Nathan St
Experts say they have paved the way for the development of new drugs to treat and prevent breast cancer.
