Quebecers urged to avoid ER visits unless needed due to respiratory virus ‘maelstrom’
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The province is asking Quebecers who are sick to contact the 811 health hotline to seek advice before heading to the emergency room.
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Most Ontarians wait more than three months for specialist or diagnostic test: poll
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A new poll suggests Ontarians are waiting too long for diagnostic tests and specialist appointments, causing unnecessary stress and putting patients’ health at risk.
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Young child hurt after gunfire exchange involving police in northern Quebec: mayor
Alessia Simona Maratta / globalnews - Quebec's police watchdog says Nunavik officers exchanged gunshots with an individual outside a home after they were called about a person who allegedly posed a danger to others.
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Four people hospitalized related to Pizza Pop recall, CFIA says
sootoday - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says 20 people have been made sick and four hospitalized after an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops. The agency says those who became ill range in age from 1 to 87 and live in B.
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Barry Manilow to have surgery for early-stage lung cancer and postpones January concerts
News Staff / citynews - Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the singer announced Monday. Manilow, 82, said doctors found the cancer after he had an extended bout of bronchitis — six weeks, then a r…
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Hospitalizations expected to surge as flu cases rise across Canada
John Marchesan / citynews - New data reveals influenza cases are skyrocketing across the country, with a surge of hospitalizations expected in the coming weeks. Canada’s public health database shows 28 per cent of nationwide flu tests have come back positive, an almost eight per cen…
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Resident’s death at Oakville group home amid staff strike not considered suspicious
John Marchesan / citynews - A resident of an Oakville group home for adults with developmental disabilities that has been at the centre of a bitter labour dispute has died. Police in Halton Region say emergency crews responded to a medical call Friday morning at 53 Bond Street, a ca…
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Intergenerational daycare aiming to strengthen bonds between kids and ‘grandfriends’
News Staff / citynews - Among the thousands of new child-care spaces opening up across the country is a unique centre in Ottawa nestled at the heart of a long-term care campus, a dementia- and kid-friendly space meant to truly integrate the children and the seniors they sweetly …
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Calgary massage therapist charged with sexual assault
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - A 36-year-old massage therapist has been charged in an alleged sexual assault involving a client at Massage Addict in the southeast Calgary community of Mahogany.
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Quebec family doctors vote 97 per cent in favour of revised deal with government
sootoday - MONTREAL — Quebec's family doctor federation says its members have voted 97 per cent in favour of an agreement in principle with the provincial government.
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Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé to resign from cabinet, sit as Independent
theglobeandmail - Dubé says he is not the right person to negotiate with family doctors over changes to a controversial payment law that he helped push through
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Dr. Vivien Suttorp named Alberta’s permanent chief medical officer of health
Karen Bartko / globalnews - Dr. Vivien Suttorp, a longtime medical officer in southern Alberta, is now the province's CMOH — the first person in three years appointed to the role on a permanent basis.
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When to treat sick kids at home and avoid gatherings as hospitals hit with flu surge
News Staff / citynews - TORONTO — Health providers are asking parents to treat kids with mild flu symptoms at home and avoid large gatherings as influenza cases spike ahead of the holidays, pushing hospital emergency departments over capacity. The daily number of confirmed flu p…
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Woman injured in East York after hand caught in meat grinder, police say
Lucas Casaletto / citynews - Toronto police say a woman was seriously injured late Monday night after her hand became trapped in a meat grinder at a workplace in East York. Authorities received a call at 11:19 p.m. in the Overlea Boulevard and Thorncliffe Park Drive area. Emergency c…
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COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill, study finds
Amy Judd / globalnews - Dr. Deborah Money, senior author of the paper published Monday in JAMA, said having such a large study "robustly" confirms the benefit of COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women.
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Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are paid. The tentative deal would scrap performance-related penalties a…
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3 kids die from influenza A-related complications since start of December in Ontario
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - Three children in Ontario have died from influenza A-related complications since the start of December, health officials said Monday.
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Fan-favourite lion put down at Toronto Zoo after months of veterinary care
sootoday - TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says it has euthanized one of its lions after the animal spent several months undergoing veterinary care for a gastrointestinal symptoms.
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16-year-old boy shot in North York, police say
Denio Lourenco / citynews - Toronto police are investigating an alleged shooting in North York that injured a 16-year-old boy late Friday night. According to investigators the shooting happened in Toronto’s Englemount-Lawrence neighbourhood, near Varna Drive and Flemington Road, jus…
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Two injured after bus carrying junior hockey team crashes in northern Alberta
theglobeandmail - Crash sends two teens to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
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