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Winnipeg councillor against addiction treatment centre, wants residents' views

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg city councillor is raising objections to a proposed addition treatment centre.
Feds spending $36.4M over five years on campaign about perils of legalized pot

Feds spending $36.4M over five years on campaign about perils of legalized pot

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government on Tuesday rolled out the latest phase of its legalized-pot plans: a five-year, $36.

Industry group warns Ottawa that excessive cuts to drug prices could be harmful

OTTAWA — Canada's drug developers recognize that pharmaceutical prices need to come down but they fear the Trudeau government will push too hard in a regulatory review by Health Canada, the head of an industry association said Tuesday.
Manitoba government rejects call to change how organs donated

Manitoba government rejects call to change how organs donated

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has rejected a proposal that would have made all people in the province organ donors unless they specifically requested not to be.

Saskatchewan cities say they need to see province's pot legalization strategy

REGINA — The group that represents Saskatchewan cities wants the provincial government to begin consultations on its cannabis legalization strategy.
Advocate calls for increased punitive damages in deaths of indigenous women

Advocate calls for increased punitive damages in deaths of indigenous women

MEMBERTOU, N.S. — Canada's legal system fails to attach enough value to the loss of an Indigenous woman's life, according to an advocate for the family of a Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq woman who died after being held in a police cell in 2009.
AstraZeneca wins US approval for lymphoma drug

AstraZeneca wins US approval for lymphoma drug

U.S. regulators have approved a new treatment for people with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Doctor stripped of registration after disciplinary finding, ordered to pay $40K

TORONTO — A Toronto doctor has been stripped of his licence and ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars after Ontario's medical watchdog found he made sexual remarks and inappropriately touched a female patient during psychotherapy sessions over

Caution level high over Halloween-themed fentanyl blotters in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — A push to keep children safe in Winnipeg is underway this Halloween as police warn about potentially lethal fentanyl blotters.
Family colds postpone heart surgery for Jimmy Kimmel's baby

Family colds postpone heart surgery for Jimmy Kimmel's baby

LOS ANGELES — Follow-up heart surgery for Jimmy Kimmel's infant son was postponed because of family colds. In a statement Monday, Kimmel's publicist said that Billy Kimmel's scheduled operation was delayed as a precaution.
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