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  • HealthCBC

    Mental health advocates fear shutdown of national online resource will leave gaps

    Wellness Together Canada, which the federal government launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, is officially shutting down on April 3. (Karina Zapata/CBC)As the end of funding for a national mental health portal comes to an end, advocates across the country are calling for appropriate alternatives.In St. John's, Kristi Allan says when she first heard the news of Wellness Together Canada shutting down, she felt defeated and angry."I was so upset. I remember where I was sitting and just the feeling

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    In the news today: Public tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa, February inflation report

    Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Public to pay tribute to Mulroney in Ottawa Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill this morning. The Governor General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to offer their condolen

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  • NewsCBC

    For many in B.C. finding a rental has become a full-time job, competition is fierce

    In 2018, teen brothers Hudson and Jackson Forsyth-Beck started growing veggies in the front yard of their rental home in Squamish, B.C., selling pickles.That turned into a busy farm stand over the years.But now, their family is facing eviction. Their father Robert Forsyth posted a video in a Facebook group appealing for help to find a home — and freezer space — to save about 10,000 pounds of produce, pies and preserves."If anybody has any solutions, maybe options," he said in a post on Feb. 25.T

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    'The lost season': Winter comes to a close as Canada's warmest on record

    The warmest winter on record could have far-reaching effects on everything from wildfire season to erosion, climatologists say, while offering a preview of what the season could resemble in the not-so-distant future unless steps are taken to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Winter comes to a close on Tuesday night – early Wednesday on Canada's East Coast – with the arrival of the spring equinox. But climatologist David Phillips says it's almost as if this winter in Canada never happened. "I called

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    B.C. auditor to release reports on overdose prevention, safer-supply programs

    VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general is expected to release two independent audits on government programs aimed at curbing the death toll from the toxic drug crisis. Michael Pickup's office has conducted reports on the government's overdose prevention and supervised consumption services and the first phase of the prescribed safer-supply implementation. The safer-supply program has generated criticism since its implementation, including from federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a

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  • NewsCBC

    University of Windsor symposium hopes to 'open the door' on the conversation about slurs

    A three-day symposium at the University of Windsor is aimed at opening up the discussion about slurs aimed at different communities."How do you open the door to this conversation because it's always something that's spoken about behind closed doors," said Marium Tolson-Murtty, the school's director of anti-racism organizational change. The symposium is taking place during the university's equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization week and will explore slurs as they relate to "substance use

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    As former prime minister Mulroney lies in state, public tributes in Ottawa begin

    OTTAWA — Members of the public who wish to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney can visit his casket in Ottawa starting this afternoon. The former prime minister's casket is being brought to the Sir John A. Macdonald building opposite Parliament Hill this morning. Dignitaries including the Governor General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to offer their condolences to the Mulroney family. His wife and children sat in the House of Commons gallery Monday to hear glowing tributes and funny storie

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