As the July deadline for legalizing marijuana in Canada looms, the Liberals are launching the first in a series of ads to dissuade young people from driving while high. CBC | Health News
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Ready to 'Roar': Canada's curling stars begin Olympic pursuit in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Hometown curling hero Rachel Homan walked down the tunnel Friday, past the blue curtains and out onto the ice for the first time in preparation for the Canadian Olympic curling trials. Upwards of 19,000 empty seats, bright lights and booming music cascaded down. Homan took a moment to breathe it all in. She grew up about 10 minutes from […]
Ottawa spending $36.4M over 5 years on campaign about perils of legalized pot
The federal government is spending $ 36.4 million over the next five years on a campaign to educate Canadians about the health and safety perils of marijuana. CBC | Health News
After 60 years, Ottawa compensates daughter of CIA brainwashing experiments victim
Years ago, Alison Steel’s mother became a victim of CIA-funded brainwashing experiments at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute. Now, 60 years later, she has won a measure of justice for her family and compensation from the federal government. CBC | Health News
Ottawa to press provinces on user fees at health ministers meeting next week
Ottawa has quietly given Quebec back almost $ 10 million it withheld from the province two years ago as punishment for charging patients fees to access health services. But the move has not softened Quebec’s position or compelled the province to admit it did anything wrong. CBC | Health News
Inuit, Ottawa launch task force to fight tuberculosis in the North
The federal government and Inuit have launched a task force to examine the tuberculosis crisis across Inuit Nunangat. Among Inuit, the rate of the lung disease in 2015 was more than 270 times higher than the rate among Canadian-born non-Indigenous people. CBC | Health News
Artist defends eyeball tattoo that left Ottawa woman with partial vision loss
The artist who left an Ottawa woman blinded in one eye after a tattoo injection went wrong is defending his actions, saying he didn’t make any mistakes during the procedure. CBC | Health News
Ottawa tracking opioid overdoses on First Nation communities for the 1st time
For the first time, the Canadian government is tracking the number of opioid overdoses on First Nation reserves, but the minister in charge says so far the data is incomplete and a struggle to obtain. CBC | Health News
Ottawa spent $110K in legal fees fighting First Nations girl over $6K dental procedure
The federal Liberal government spent more than $ 110,000 fighting a First Nations girl in court in an attempt to block payment for orthodontic treatment, according to documents released under access to information. CBC | Health News
Ottawa pushed to prosecute Purdue Pharma over ‘deceptive’ marketing of OxyContin
A decade ago, OxyContin’s drugmaker Purdue Pharma settled civil and criminal suits in the U.S. for more than $ 600 million US. After a recently proposed $ 20 million settlement in Canada, doctors and lawyers here are calling for criminal prosecution. CBC | Health News
