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CANADA: Physician calls for better opioid use treatment options in correctional facilities

CANADA: Physician calls for better opioid use treatment options in correctional facilities

Incarcerated people are often denied access to treatment for opioid use disorder, physician says
BEYOND LOCAL: Conversion therapy survivor offers personal insight on Canada's proposed ban

BEYOND LOCAL: Conversion therapy survivor offers personal insight on Canada's proposed ban

The social pressures to be ‘straight’ and ‘cis’ can be overwhelming for LGBTQ+ people, especially youth
COVID-19: Veterinarians offer ventilators as they fight to be declared essential service

COVID-19: Veterinarians offer ventilators as they fight to be declared essential service

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says animal doctors should be considered an essential service in order to protect the welfare of everything from family pets to the national food supply
Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed amid coronavirus pandemic

Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed amid coronavirus pandemic

IOC announces that Olympics will not start on July 24 as originally scheduled
Caution on chloroquine as Canada joins global drug-testing effort: Tam

Caution on chloroquine as Canada joins global drug-testing effort: Tam

OTTAWA — Canada's top public health official is warning against the use of untested drugs to treat COVID-19 amid buzz around the potential effectiveness of an anti-malaria medication.
LIVE: PM addresses Canadians: You are not invincible

LIVE: PM addresses Canadians: You are not invincible

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BEYOND LOCAL: Promoting regional diets may water down biological, cultural heritage, researcher says

BEYOND LOCAL: Promoting regional diets may water down biological, cultural heritage, researcher says

Considered one of the healthiest ways to eat, the Mediterranean diet has evolved over hundreds of years, but ignoring other diets is a form of cultural superiority
Coursework could continue even if Ontario schools don't reopen: minister

Coursework could continue even if Ontario schools don't reopen: minister

The Minister of Education sent an open letter out to parents on Sunday
Toronto man dies from COVID-19, marks city’s first coronavirus-related death: public health

Toronto man dies from COVID-19, marks city’s first coronavirus-related death: public health

Toronto Public Health (TPH) says a man in his 70s is the first person in the city to die from COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak began. In a statement released Sunday afternoon, officials said the man recently travelled to the United Kingdom.
CP News Alert: Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed

CP News Alert: Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed

TORONTO — Canada won't be at this summer's Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year.