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- Canadians's diet recipe for disaster
- Blood-filled syringes found in Quebec stores
- Flesh-eating germ rare, especially for the healthy
- Woman found dead at supported living home
- Use thermometer to check meat's doneness
- Grill with gusto this Victoria Day weekend
- Food safety: clean, cook, separate and chill
- Chinese firm's Canadian contracts raise security fears
- Woman in wheelchair robbed of iPad on B.C. SkyTrain
- Ontario police complaint watchdog to release G20 report
- EI rules need 'teeth' to get people to work, Finley says
- Can Jean Charest survive the student strike?
- Canada's butterfly migration is largest on record
- Don't expect Charles and Camilla in a dragon boat
Ottawa to offer help to B.C. First NationVICTORIA - It's not uncommon for the chief of Vancouver Island's Cowichan Tribes to receive a call from a suicidal tribal resident.
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlierWASHINGTON - Look for a fundamental shift in how scientists hunt ways to ward off the devastation of Alzheimer's disease — by testing possible therapies in people who don't yet show many symptoms, before too much of the brain is destroyed.
- Quebec to bar minors from tanning salons
QUEBEC - Quebec teens looking to show off a golden salon tan at their prom will soon be out of luck thanks to new legislation tabled Tuesday.
- Alberta home for teens surprised by killing
CAMROSE, Alta. - The Alberta agency that operates an assisted living home for teens where a staff member was killed says it had no warning of the violence.
- Ornge under fire; woman dies following delay
TORONTO - A son devastated by the death of his 69-year-old mother last Friday said he's concerned that it took over four hours for an air ambulance to transport her to an Ottawa hospital.
- McGuinty to schools: don't let them eat cake
TORONTO - Money-losing school cafeterias will have to get "more creative" to whet student appetites with healthier fare if they want to stay in business, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
- Group urges doctors to look outside Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario doctors embroiled in a fight with the Liberal government over cuts to their fees and a proposed wage freeze were advised Tuesday to start looking elsewhere for employment.
- Water data needs work:health officer
VICTORIA - B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer says the province's drinking water is among the best in the world but collecting data on it is still a challenge.
Wet hair, skin can leave swimmers feeling dryTORONTO - Olympic viewers are bound to be inspired as they watch the world's best swimmers vie for gold at the upcoming Summer Games in London.
- Alzheimer's plan goals: slow threat, help families
Alzheimer's disease is a growing threat as the population gets older. Already, more than 5 million Americans have the mind-destroying disease. Barring some research breakthroughs, up to 16 million may have it by 2050. The first National Alzheimer's Plan, adopted Tuesday, aims to slow that threat — and to help the families already suffering along the way.
- E. coli risk has passed in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Health officials in New Brunswick say they believe the source of a recent E. coli outbreak has passed through the food supply chain and is no longer a risk to the public.
Medical alert tattoos top bracelets for someTORONTO - Medical tattoos are becoming more common, with some people choosing to ink their wrists or other body parts with warnings about a health condition instead of wearing standard MedicAlert bracelets or necklaces, says a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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