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Hospitals source of most complaints, Patient Ombudsman report says

TORONTO — Many patients, their families and caregivers worry filing a complaint about their health care could lead to reprisal, says Ontario's Patient Ombudsman, and there is still work to do to combat that perception.
'Misfits all getting together:' Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles

'Misfits all getting together:' Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles

CALGARY — A loud whir is followed by a deep rumbling roar as the engine of a decommissioned Canadian Forces armoured recovery vehicle comes to life. A big cloud of black smoke belches out of the rear exhaust port.
Ontario students win international prize for cancer-detecting device

Ontario students win international prize for cancer-detecting device

TORONTO — A group of four McMaster University students has won a $50,000 prize to develop their idea for a handheld device that detects skin cancer.

Ontario hospital professionals approve contract extension

TORONTO — Hospital professionals across Ontario have ratified a three-year contract extension.
Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy

Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy

LONDON — Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt to save his life.

Quebec sweating death: three co-accused lose appeal of their convictions

MONTREAL — Three Quebecers have lost an appeal of their conviction in connection with the extreme-sweating death of a woman who was wrapped in mud and cellophane at a personal-growth seminar.
Opioid overdoses hitting Alberta First Nations disproportionately hard: report

Opioid overdoses hitting Alberta First Nations disproportionately hard: report

EDMONTON — A new report says the rising number of opioid overdoses in Alberta is disproportionately affecting Indigenous people, including more deaths and visits to emergency rooms.
Opera to focus on Great War nurses 100 years after hospital ship sinking

Opera to focus on Great War nurses 100 years after hospital ship sinking

TORONTO — The creators of a planned opera about the tragic sinking of a Canadian hospital ship during the First World War say it's time to resurrect the stories of nurses who died in heroic service.
Nova Scotia government expands treatment for addicts of opioid painkillers

Nova Scotia government expands treatment for addicts of opioid painkillers

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is expanding treatment for opioid addicts, as overdoses continue to take a steady toll of lives in the province.
Canada's first HIV-positive restaurant opens in Toronto to counter stigmas

Canada's first HIV-positive restaurant opens in Toronto to counter stigmas

TORONTO — While working as a sexual health educator in Calgary several years ago, artist and activist Mikiki would often gently correct clients who said they had never met a gay person.
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