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Bacteria beach ban
Canoe.ca - 5 hours ago
By BETH JOHNSTON, SUN MEDIA Ottawans who tried to cool off from yesterday's heat with a nice swim at a beach -- any beach -- were out of luck.
Beaches posted unsafe; Welland Tribune
Keewatin Beach reopened Daily Miner and News
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Ontario Now
Province gave CHR $32M to cover budget shortfall
Calgary Herald - 5 hours ago
The Calgary Health Region ran so short of cash earlier this summer, the Alberta government advanced it $32 million to ensure staff paycheques wouldn't bounce -- a situation critics say reflects chronic underfunding of the medical system.
CEO payouts under wraps Edmonton Sun
Price pension payout 660 News
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Improve long-term care facilities;
Sault Star - 20 hours ago
Ontario's ombudsman will probe whether the government is doing enough to protect the 75000 residents of this province's long-term care facilities.
Nursing home monitoring; Sarnia Observer
Local nursing homes eager to see if Ombudsman's study evokes change Kawartha Media Group
Toronto Star - Inside Toronto - Toronto Sun - The Canadian Press
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Niagarathisweek.com
Three hospitals may be consolidated;
Sault Star - 20 hours ago
Women in the Niagara region of Ontario may soon be driving to St. Catharines to give birth, no matter where they live. Officials with the Niagara Health System are considering consolidating health services in the region.
Offierski says much of it was studied and shelved years ago Niagara Falls Review
Posted By ALLAN BENNER TRIBUNE STAFF Welland Tribune
Times of Fort Erie - Niagarathisweek.com - St. Catharines Standard - Niagara Falls Review
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NEW!! Cancer treatment announced for the north
Terrace Standard - 19 Jul 2008
THE PROVINCE has made another announcement that it is ready to spend $100 million to build a cancer treatment center in Prince George and to generally improve cancer services across the north.
Puzzling predicament Prince George Citizen
Funds in place for cancer centre BCLocalNews
Opinion250 News - Prince George Citizen
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Alzheimer Society overwhelmed
Owen Sound Sun Times - 19 Jul 2008
Imagine being told that you are setting out on a journey. You have no choice. Your trip starts today. You do not know where you are going.
Grey Bruce Alzheimer Society In Trouble CKNX Radio
Alzheimer Society reports deficit Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
Owen Sound Sun Times - Owen Sound Sun Times
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Breast cancer research funded;
Peterborough Examiner - 19 Jul 2008
Allison Boyd, a 24-year-old Trent University graduate student, is embarking on a leading-edge breast cancer risk study, emboldened by a $27500 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation fellowship.
NB breast cancer research gets funds Times and Transcript
Digital mammograms focus of grants from breast cancer group TheChronicleHerald.ca
Telegraph-Journal - Vancouver Sun
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Patients need quick resolution to bed shortage;
Belleville Intelligencer - 19 Jul 2008
Here we go again. Beds filling emergency wards in Trenton and Belleville hospital hallways -- beds occupied by patients who ought to have been admitted to a regular hospital bed.
Quinte Hospitals CKWS
ERs in Trenton, Belleville filled to capacity Trentonian
Belleville Intelligencer - Trentonian
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eFluxMedia
Beating death exposes US town's tensions with Mexican immigrants
Edmonton Sun - 6 hours ago
By DAVID B. CARUSO, AP NEW YORK -- After months of resistance, several big fast food chains have finally begun obeying a first-of-its-kind New York City rule requiring some restaurants to post calorie counts right on the menu.
Restaurants That Lack Calorie Counts Now Face Fines New York Times
NYC's chain restaurants must post calories or face fines CBC.ca
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Southern New Brunswick under fire ban
Times and Transcript - 19 Jul 2008
By John Pollack There will be no chestnuts roasting on an open fire for campers and cottagers in the southern half of the province this weekend as the Department of Natural Resources has issued a ban on category one fires, which includes camp fires and ...
Bear attempts to break in Nova News Now
Dry weather means fire ban, travel ban may be next Pictou Country Nova Scotia News
Nova News Now
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Food agency cuts hidden
Ottawa Citizen - 19 Jul 2008
The Conservative government was elected on the promise that what they did would always be open and transparent, yet once again we discover this is not the case.
Gambling with food safety Times Colonist
Cattleman: fewer mad cow tests needed TheChronicleHerald.ca
Grainews - Alberta Express
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DigitalJournal.com
Record number of UFOs spotted
Calgary Herald - 19 Jul 2008
Canadians in four provinces reported seeing a record number of unidentified flying objects in 2007, according to an annual report released by a Winnipeg-based non-profit organization that has recorded UFO sightings since 1989.
Look, up in the sky: NB reports record number of UFOs CBC.ca
NB Reports Record Number UFO Sightings Ontario Now
Canoe.ca - DigitalJournal.com - p2pnet.net
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Ottawa Citizen
Legalization in disguise
Globe and Mail - 1 hour ago
VANCOUVER - Billy Weselowski has seen it all, and he hates what he sees on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. “You can't go a block without a bicycle pulling up and giving you all the syringes you want,” he growls.
Dan Gardner . The fly on the elephant Ottawa Citizen
Europe's approach to drugs is more enlightened ... it's tougher Globe and Mail
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Gov't adds two new ADHD drugs to formulary to combat Ritalin abuse
Canada.com - 18 Jul 2008
By Wendy Gillis, TheStarPhoenix.com SASKATOON - Two new Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications now offered through the Saskatchewan Drug Plan will help cut down on the abuse and street drug use of other forms of ADHD treatment, ...
Families Affected By ADHD Get Help Saskatoonhomepage.ca
Parents and teachers urged to diagnose ADHD Melbourne Herald Sun
Norwich Evening News - 980 CJME News Talk Radio - Leader Post
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$3.8 M WILL BE GIVEN TO AREA OVER THE NEXT YEAR
Sarnia Observer - 18 Jul 2008
Services for seniors in Sarnia- Lambton will receive a piece of a $3.8 million pie over the next year as part of the province's Aging at Home Strategy.
Senior centre gets van for medical appointments Windsor Star
Posted By TREVOR TERFLOTH, THE DAILY NEWS Chatham Daily News
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NORTH YORK: Nanny's wish to stay in Canada granted
Inside Toronto - 18 Jul 2008
BY FANNIE SUNSHINE A terminally ill North York nanny had her dying wish fulfilled when she was granted permission to apply for permanent Canadian residency July 17.
Nanny Can Stay in Canada to Battle Cancer AOL Canada
• Reprieve for dying nanny Hamilton Spectator
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TheMedGuru
Magnetic Pulses to Brain Improve Lazy Eye in Adults
U.S. News & World Report - 18 Jul 2008
By Ed Edelson FRIDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Correcting lazy eye in adults is supposed to be impossible, but researchers report they have been able to do that -- at least partially and temporarily -- by beaming magnetic pulses into the brain.
Treatment For Adult Amblyopia In Sight With Magnetic Therapy TheMedGuru
Canadian discovery may treat lazy eye in adults CTV.ca
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Canada.com
Canadian researchers discover ovulation gene
CBC.ca - 18 Jul 2008
The gene, called Lrh1, has the ability to both regulate and block ovulation, possibly opening the door to both fertility and contraceptive treatments.
Scientists isolate ovulation gene Globe and Mail
Ovulation gene key to treating fertility Canada.com
E Canada Now - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Hindu - United Press International
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Canada.com
Canadians enjoy high cancer survival rate
Canada.com - 18 Jul 2008
REGINA - Canada has some of the highest cancer survival rates in the world, which are directly linked to the accessibility of good diagnostic and treatment services, according to an international study.
Canada's cancer survival rates among best in world: study The Gazette (Montreal)
Canada among top countries worldwide for surviving certain cancers ... The Canadian Press
Ontario Now - Insider Medicine - Medscape (subscription) - Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Little girl named Faith embodies Miracle of Hope
LondonTopic.ca - 6 hours ago
Twenty-eight years ago Terry Fox made his run through the Forest City as part of his Marathon of Hope Campaign to find a cure for cancer.
Poem finds proper place; Thoughts scratched out on scraps 27 years ago St. Thomas Times-Journal
Volunteer for the Terry Fox Foundation Bugle-Observer
Milton Canadian Champion - Windsor Star - StarPhoenix - Sarnia Observer
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