By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 30, 2023 2:43 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national breast-implant registry to prevent illness and problems linked to the medical devices. The committee says in a … Read more

Canada’s health minister says he’ll act quickly to shut down a “loophole” after Health Canada approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches with no restrictions on how the product is advertised or sold. “There are very serious questions about what the tobacco industry is doing here and what their intention is. And it would seem … Read more

Shane MacGowan, the singer and main songwriter for the Pogues, who fused punk energy and traditional Irish music but whose lifestyle often overshadowed his musical contributions, has died. He was 65. “It is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest hearts that we announce the passing of Shane MacGowan,” his wife Citoria Mary Clarke, sister Siobhan and father … Read more

Aden Polydoros spent more than a decade living in Arizona as a transgender man until, he says, a transphobic experience in the summer of 2022 prompted him to move to Canada.  He moved to Vancouver this April. He says he’s lucky. As an author, it was easy to take his work with him. He also … Read more

While the ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and hostages between Hamas and Israel in recent days has provided a rare period of optimism in the seven-week-long war, it has also shone a light on the conditions of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. As of Tuesday, 60 Israeli hostages held by Hamas and 180 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons had … Read more

Canada’s 988 hotline, which gives people access to suicide prevention services via call or text, went live on Thursday. People in every province and territory who are experiencing a mental health crisis and need immediate, real-time support can use the three-digit number. Similar to 911 for accessing fire, police and medical emergencies, 988: Suicide Crisis … Read more

1 of 12 | Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, speaking at the unveiling ceremony for a statue of the late former President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on May 3, 2011, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. File Photo by … Read more

1 of 7 | Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, speaking at the unveiling ceremony for a statue of the late former President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on May 3, 2011, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. File Photo by … Read more

There is little known about Judih Weinstein Haggai’s fate since Hamas fighters crossed into southern Israel nearly eight weeks ago and launched a wave of surprise attacks. The Oct. 7 events saw roughly 240 people taken hostage by Hamas, according to Israeli authorities. Weinstein Haggai, a Canadian, is feared to be among those individuals.  But her family cannot say precisely what … Read more

A 19-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in the deaths of Edmonton Police Service constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan, who were gunned down in March while responding to a family dispute at an apartment complex in the city’s northwest. Dennis Okeymow has been charged with three counts of manslaughter and three counts of negligence causing death in the deaths … Read more