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ALS patient behind ice bucket challenge: I will bounce back

ALS patient behind ice bucket challenge: I will bounce back

BEVERLY, Mass. — Pete Frates was mistakenly written off as dead this summer. Turns out, the man who helped spark the ice bucket challenge that raised millions of dollars for research on Lou Gehrig's disease hasn't gone anywhere yet.
ALS patient behind ice bucket challenge: I will bounce back

ALS patient behind ice bucket challenge: I will bounce back

BEVERLY, Mass. — Pete Frates was mistakenly written off as dead this summer. Turns out, the man who helped spark the ice bucket challenge that raised millions of dollars for research on Lou Gehrig's disease hasn't gone anywhere yet.
Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care

Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care

WASHINGTON — The phone calls come — from fellow scientists and desperate strangers — with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one find good care to get sober? Tuesday, the government is rel

Nova Scotia law to recognize independence of adults with intellectual deficits

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is moving to give people with intellectual disabilities more autonomy.

B.C. introduces flexible bus pass supplements to people on disability assistance

VICTORIA — British Columbia is providing a new payment to more than 110,000 people who receive disability assistance to help with their transportation needs.

Ontario breast milk bank calling for donations as supply for preemies low

TORONTO — Ontario's Human Milk Bank is calling for donations of breast milk from lactating women to help save sick and pre-term babies' lives.

N.B. premier to pitch idea of pilot project on managing aging population

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier says his province is ideally suited for a pilot project on how to manage an aging population.
Toronto bars carrying naloxone kits in face of growing opioid crisis

Toronto bars carrying naloxone kits in face of growing opioid crisis

TORONTO — Within days of opening her new bar in west-end Toronto, Carmen Elle had equipped the venue with what she considers a key piece of equipment: a naloxone kit.
Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders to undergo kidney transplant

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders to undergo kidney transplant

Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders is scheduled to undergo a kidney transplant operation on Monday, and the donor organ is being provided by his wife Stacey.

B.C. funding rapid-access treatment, public safety to address overdose crisis

VANCOUVER — People on the front lines of British Columbia's opioid overdose crisis are applauding the government's announcement of more funding in an attempt to stem the death toll.
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