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Fact File: No evidence planes are dropping ticks over Ontario
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (634+ words) Winnipeg 29" C, Partly cloudy "I work for a private charter company in Ontario Canada, We are paid to spread ticks by plane," reads a March 16 post to a conspiracy theory forum." The anonymous user claims their company receives boxes containing…...
No road map for dementia's daunting journey
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (1789+ words) Winnipeg 21" C, Sunny SELKIRK " Peaceful, meditative music plays in Carol Radway's room, which her husband Paul Chorney says helps her remain calm. A giant fluffy blanket, which Radway picked up at a thrift store years ago, serves as a wall-hanging....
Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans
8+ hour, 10+ min ago (399+ words) Winnipeg 22" C, Clear A U. S. administration official said on Wednesday that the U. S. was planning to send Americans who are exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in Kenya instead of flying them home. The official spoke on condition of…...
Mayor turns on lights, sirens in urgent call to province for more ambulances, paramedics
15+ hour, 37+ min ago (807+ words) Winnipeg 24" C, Cloudy with wind More emergency vehicles and paramedics, along with steps to ease Winnipeg's drug crisis, are urgently needed to address persistently long waits for ambulances, Mayor Scott Gillingham says. "Nothing is going to change until we get…...
Record number of physicians working in Manitoba
19+ hour, 32+ min ago (231+ words) Winnipeg 32" C, Windy Manitoba has broken the record for the number of practising physicians for a third consecutive year. Currently, there are more than 3, 700 physicians in practice, the highest number in Manitoba's history, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced Thursday. "More…...
Apotex Health files preliminary prospectus for initial public offering of shares
21+ hour, 10+ min ago (764+ words) Winnipeg 31" C, Partly cloudy with wind TORONTO " Apotex Health Corp. says it has filed a preliminary prospectus for an initial public offering that will see the Canadian generic drug company join the public market. The Toronto-based company says the plan…...
Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa
1+ day, 58+ min ago (427+ words) A white cargo plane with aid donated by the European Union delivered masks, gloves, boots and medications " all of which are in short supply " to the northeastern town of Bunia at the heart of the outbreak in Congo's Ituri province....
Experimental hepatitis B drug might offer 'functional cure' for a subset of patients
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (470+ words) Winnipeg 15" C, Windy In two international studies, about 1 in 5 patients given the experimental drug saw their virus reduced to levels low enough for the immune system to keep in check. "We have not had a treatment which has come to…...
City needs more fire-paramedic stations as population grows: outgoing WFPS boss
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (959+ words) Winnipeg 15" C, Clear Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Chief Christian Schmidt says the city will need to add fire paramedic stations to ensure rapid growth in new neighbourhoods doesn't extend already lengthy emergency-response times. In a wide-ranging interview leading up to…...
Non-surgical weight loss procedure available at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (707+ words) Winnipeg 16" C, Cloudy EDMONTON " Mary-Ann Thurber lost more than 80 pounds on a prescribed weight-loss medication but was hesitant to go under the knife to help keep the pounds from creeping back. The 65-year-old from Edmonton also did not want to…...