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Brain injury a shadow crisis amid overdose deaths in British Columbia
35+ min ago (1785+ words) Eddy Bergsson suffered a brain injury from an overdose five years ago and has since found a new purpose in life at work at the Second Chance Cafe, a workplace staffed by survivors of brain injury located inside the Cedar…...
Anchorage opens new homeless program that pairs tiny homes with addiction treatment
14+ hour, 59+ min ago (677+ words) Summer Bond is in charge of getting people settled in at the addiction treatment program, called Willow Commons. On a sunny spring day in early April, just a week after the program launched, Bond showed off a roughly 100-square-foot home....
New 23and Me Research Institute Study Identifies Genetic Predictors for GLP-1 Weight Loss Efficacy and Side Effects
17+ hour, 36+ min ago (289+ words) PALO ALTO, Calif. , April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) " 23and Me Research Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization, announced the publication of a study that identifies genetic predictors for GLP-1 weight loss efficacy and side effects. "The study demonstrates the incredible power of our…...
Self-injected peptides are touted as a miracle cure by biohackers and RFK Jr. But are they safe?
23+ hour, 36+ min ago (1258+ words) A peptide vial bearing a "for research purposes only" label. Products marketed this way can still be purchased online without verification, despite restrictions on human use in Canada." Peptides are touted as a miracle cure online. It's illegal to sell…...
A timeline of British Columbia's 10-year overdose health emergency
1+ day, 35+ min ago (12+ words) Toronto Star...
Wolf warning after dog lured to its death, B. C. conservation service says
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (190+ words) A female wolf, left, and male wolf roam the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine in Nunavut on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service is cautioning residents near Ucluelet after wolves lured away…...
Quebec court authorizes class action over COVID deaths in Montreal care home
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (266+ words) The lawsuit alleges that mismanagement of a COVID-19 outbreak at a private Montreal long-term care home left at least 68 residents died. Family and friends of the residents that died from COVID-19 related causes take part in a memorial in front…...
Canadians encouraged to register as organ donors as Green Shirt Day returns
2+ day, 35+ min ago (198+ words) Toby and Bernadine Boulet look at one another as they are recognized during an event for Green Shirt Day and National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Green Shirt Day…...
Bangladesh conducts emergency measles vaccinations as outbreak kills more than 100 children
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (391+ words) The government in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U. N. children's agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance began working to vaccinate children age 6 months to 5 years old in 18 high-risk districts Sunday and will expand nationwide in phases from next month,…...
Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13s record
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (530+ words) This image from video provided by NASA shows a view of earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's four windows after completing the translunar injection burn, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via…...