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Unheeded warnings, failure to check blood sugar led to 25-year-old P.E.I. diabetic’s death, mother says

Heidi Clarke says all the warning signs should have been evident and well-documented in the days before her 25-year-old daughter…

3 days ago

Quebec farmers say they’re facing a cutworm infestation like they’ve never seen

An unusual infestation of cutworms is wreaking havoc in fields in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.Témiscamingue, in northwestern Quebec, has been especially affected by…

3 days ago

Sajjan says he relayed information on rescuing Sikhs in Afghanistan during chaotic fall of Kabul

Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan relayed information to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) about how to rescue Sikhs in Afghanistan while…

4 days ago

Hundreds of buildings with Science Centre roof panels remain open

The same lightweight concrete roofing material blamed for safety risks at the Ontario Science Centre is used in hundreds of other…

5 days ago

Heat waves linked to higher mortality rates, especially in cities with more renters

As heat warnings spread across North America this week, new Canadian research is shedding light on the health risks from…

2 weeks ago

Public guardian system could be improved, but needed to protect vulnerable Manitobans: chief psychiatrist

Most Manitobans will never encounter the province's chief psychiatrist, but if a doctor has decided you're mentally incompetent, the trajectory…

2 weeks ago

Celtics hang on to defeat Mavericks in Dallas, claiming 3-0 stranglehold of NBA Finals

Joe Mazzulla is a big fan of UFC matches and splices highlights of fights into some of the basketball film…

3 weeks ago

Ontario moved 424 people into nursing homes they didn’t choose

More than 400 patients have been forced into Ontario nursing homes they did not want to go to and the…

3 weeks ago

4 years later, COVID remains a year-round threat. Here’s why this virus isn’t seasonal quite yet

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

3 weeks ago

Admitting I was an addict was hard. Then came the even harder part

This is a First Person column by Matthew Heneghan, who lives in Falkland, B.C. For more information about CBC's First…

4 weeks ago

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