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What experts say you should know about ovarian cancer

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Ovarian cancer is considered to be the most serious of women's cancers. That's why experts say women should know about their risks and prevention.

MUN's faculty association, administration reach tentative deal

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Memorial University's faculty association and administration have reached a tentative deal after a nearly two-week strike.

How a group of Indigenous people in Alberta found their way out of addiction through culture

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Robbie Daniels is one of several people behind Sobercrew, a group of mainly Indigenous people who’ve found a way out of their addiction through culture and sobriety.

First Nation in B.C. declares state of emergency over 'unrelenting' impact of drugs and alcohol

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A statement on the declaration from the Ehattesaht Nation cites the “unrelenting” impact of drugs and alcohol on Ehattesaht, along with “the intergenerational effects of Residential Schools and the oppression of the systems that the federal and provincial governments have created.” 

Canada is short of doctors — and it's turning away hundreds of home-grown physicians each year

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The country's health-care system is suffering from an acute shortage of doctors — even as hundreds of qualified Canadian physicians trained abroad are turned away each year because of a tangle of red-tape and bias, experts say.

Would you pay $40 for a bag of flour? Some remote First Nations in northern Ontario have no choice

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Matawa First Nations Management is receiving $4.5 million from Nutrition North Canada to help five remote communities tackle food insecurity in northwestern Ontario. Here's a look at the barriers facing these First Nations and how this support can help ease the strain of high food costs.

B.C. is taking its long-COVID clinics online and removing access to their doctors

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At the end of March, the Provincial Health Services Authority says it will close its four regional post-COVID clinics as it transitions to one centralized, virtual program.