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Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy – Halifax

Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools today to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province’s justice system. After years of study, the province’s Public Prosecution Service unveiled a comprehensive policy that will guide Crown attorneys through criminal proceedings involving African Nova Scotians and people of …

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Canada enters 5th year of COVID-19. Are we falling short in treatment? – National

As Canada enters its fifth year navigating COVID-19, some experts and advocates are worried treatment options for the virus remain disappointingly inadequate. Despite significant strides in understanding the virus, Jennifer Hulme, a 42-year-old emergency physician at the University Health Network in Toronto, says many Canadians suffering from long-term COVID-19 are …

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‘Significant’ space study offers hope for bone disease treatment

As the race to the Moon heats up again, new space research may help in the prevention and treatment of bone diseases. A Canadian study published in Nature Communications on Aug. 9 suggested that the human body can recover from bone loss by using fat stored in the bone marrow …

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3 Alberta siblings with rare, terminal disorder finally have hope for a treatment

A family from Evansburg, Alta., with three children who have been diagnosed with the rare and fatal Batten disease has been given a new kind of hope due to an older medication. Members of the Lamprecht family said they were told the chances of three of their four children having …

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Manitoba funding announcement paves way for more than a thousand treatment spaces – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Over a thousand publicly-funded addictions treatment spaces are getting an economic boost, as Manitoba works to support more people on their journey to recovery. The province announced it would be investing $8.7 million towards 1,648 of these spaces. A little over 500 …

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Winnipeg woman speaks out after daughter struggled to access treatment at RAAM clinic – Winnipeg

Winnipegger Della George is speaking out after her daughter struggled to access treatment at a Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine clinic (RAAM). Shared Health, Manitoba’s provincial health organization, markets them as “easy-to-access walk-in clinics” online, but George said, patients waited outside in the cold. A woman in line told them …

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Manitoba earmarks $15.3M to support rural wastewater treatment projects – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba is spending more than $15.3 million to support three key water and wastewater treatment projects to help facilitate future community growth in the rural municipalities of Headingley, Macdonald and West St. Paul, Municipal Relations Minister Andrew Smith announced Monday. “Our government …

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Ontario pharmacists allowed to prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19 treatment

The Ontario government said it will allow pharmacists to directly prescribe Paxlovid — an antiviral to treat COVID-19 — to patients who present a positive test. Ontario’s health minister Sylvia Jones said pharmacists can prescribe Paxlovid at no cost to the patient starting on Monday, Dec. 12. This means Ontarians …

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CBSA officers caught giving preferential treatment, associating with criminals, documents reveal

Canadian border officers have been reprimanded for hundreds of acts of misconduct over the past two years — including preferential treatment and criminal association — according to documents obtained by CBC News. Details of the cases — all of which were deemed founded — were released under access to information law and …

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25 innovation hubs churn out technologies that aid Covid treatment, vaccine transportation, Health News, ET HealthWorld

25 innovation hubs churn out technologies that aid Covid treatment, vaccine transportation, Health News, ET HealthWorld

NEW DELHI: New and emerging technologies are being developed at 25 innovation hubs, which have been set up across the country under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), to provide solutions to people-centric problems. Several such technologies and technology platforms have turned fruitful in several sectors, including the …

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