Dr. Sarah Giles, a freelance journalist and family physician, says Canadians and the media need to pay more attention to the tuberculosis outbreak in Nunavut.
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Many Canadians are recycling wrong, and it’s costing us millions
Canadians are throwing too much garbage in their blue bins, sometimes with the best of intentions. It’s a problem costing millions of dollars and making many would-be recyclables unrecyclable.
Canadians are tuning out food recalls, study suggests
The co-author of a new study says most Canadians lack awareness of food recalls, but the Canadian Food Inspection Agency disputes that.
Canadians feeling right at home in Gold Coast on eve of Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST — As a major tourist destination, the Gold Coast is used to welcoming visitors who come to enjoy its sun, sand, and subtropical climate. Canadian athletes and officials agree that the Australian city is also ready for the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games. “The Gold Coast is 100 per cent ready to go,” Canadian chef de […]
Canadians prove they're a rising force at figure skating worlds
MILAN, ITALY — Getting to compete at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships is a dream come true for any skater. The 2018 edition was particularly important for the Canadian team. Over the last 10 years or so, Canada has been in the enviable position of having great skaters perform at the worlds. There’s been a sort of safety net in […]
Health Canada rejects claim that new radon gas standards put Canadians at risk
Late last year, Ottawa published for the first time a guidance document on how to rid homes of dangerous radon gas. CBC News has learned the document was published over the strenuous objections of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, which said the mitigation measures might themselves pose health risks to Canadians. Health Canada disagrees.
Greatness abounds as Canadians smash country's Paralympic medal record
The goal set out by the Canadian Paralympic Committee coming into Pyeongchang, South Korea, was capturing 16 medals based on their calculations of how athletes should perform. Their slogan coming into all of this was “Greatness is Rare”. For 10 days in South Korea, Canada’s 55 athletes, the largest winter delegation ever, proved greatness was abundant. […]
Canadians question Trudeau’s eco-leadership as thousands march against pipeline (PHOTOS)
Thousands of demonstrators marched through a Vancouver suburb as part of an indigenous-led protest against a pipeline expansion project approved by ‘eco-friendly’ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Saturday demonstration was held at a site near a Kinder Morgan facility in Burnaby, British Columbia. Protesters held signs that read “Water is life,” while other placards […]
More Canadians overall smoking pot than in 1985, says StatsCan
Cannabis consumption has more than doubled among Canadians 15 and older over a 30-year span, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
Almost 1 million Canadians give up food, heat to afford prescriptions: study
968,000 people skimped on necessities to pay for their medicine in 2016, researchers found.
