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At Northway Pharmacy Brothers, naloxone kits are flying off the shelves. The Selkirk Avenue pharmacy in Winnipeg distributes 50-70 kits per week. Each kit contains between two and four doses. But pharmacy manager Brett Roeland believes the need is actually much higher. “I’m pretty confident they’re all being used in …

The number of annual visitors to Alberta’s parks has been steadily rising, sparking a question of how to balance the desire for recreation with environmental concerns. “Places like Banff National Park and Waterton are being loved to death,” said Jody Hilty, president of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. The number …

A Calgary couple is warning others to be vigilant of rental scams targeting immigrants or refugees after it had to turn several hopeful renters away. Jaclyn Rhyno told Global News that over the past year, numerous people have unexpectedly popped by her home in Midnapore, claiming to be there to …

Increasingly unpredictable winter temperatures have Ontario maple syrup producers concerned about how climate change will affect the industry’s future, with some pushing for environmentally friendly practices to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint. Prolonged mild conditions last month had maple syrup producers in southern Ontario tapping trees for sap in early …

A Lytton, B.C., woman is calling on the province for help as she faces the potential loss of an insurance settlement over the loss of her home in the fire that razed the village to the ground. Tiffany Callewaert Haugan’s home was among the scores of properties destroyed when a …

Statistics Canada is set to release its reading on inflation for January Tuesday morning. The federal agency’s consumer price index report will give insight on how high prices were in January compared with a year ago, as well as the month prior. Canada’s annual inflation rate has been slowing since …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size University of Saskatchewan students are providing art supplies to the next generation and teaching them about waste reduction through an upcycling program. A group of students contributing to the Enactus program have created Re-colour, an initiative to repurpose art supplies within Saskatoon. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is recalling Quebec-made cheese fondues under brand name “1001 Fondues” due to possible Listeria contamination. The affected products were sold in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Nova Scotia and include the following: Chic! Fondue Quebec artisan cheese and beer fondue …

Canadians are hitting their limit when it comes to tipping, new polling from the Angus Reid Institute appears to show. “People feel like tipping is getting out of control,” Angus Reid Institute Research Director David Korinski told The Roy Green Show on Sunday. “I think that it’s compounded by the …

Getting into a cab is a seemingly ordinary experience —but not for Kim Kilpatrick and her service dog Ginger while visiting Calgary from their home in Ottawa. Kilpatrick said the taxi driver didn’t want Ginger to get in his vehicle. “She’s a yellow Labrador. She’s three and a half. And …