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Evacuated NASA astronaut says he couldn't speak in space. Why remains a mystery - The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station. Marcia Dunn - News - Health - | 1 hour ago

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Quebec introduces bill to make it easier to confine people in mental health crisis -- -

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World Tuberculosis Day in Iqaluit celebrates progress made to eliminate the disease -- Bianca McKeown -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- North -- March 25

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Edmonton emergency doctors and hospitalists warn of ER backlogs when stipend payments end -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton -- March 24

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Asthmatic girl's treatment at Gatineau Hospital under review following her death -- Guy Quenneville -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Ottawa

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Consider measles risks in spring break vacation plans, health officials urge Manitoba parents - News - Canada - Manitoba - | March 23

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This Kentucky nurse practitioner is moving to B.C. in search of support, stability -- Courtney Dickson -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia -- March 22

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Q&A -- 'A time of great uncertainty': Dr. Bonnie Henry reflects on 6 years since COVID restrictions began -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia -- March 21

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Closing drug consumption site will move overdoses onto Calgary streets, health experts fear -- Andrew Jeffrey -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary -- March 21

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Ontario budget boosting home care funding, but unlikely to reach long-term care bed goal -- Allison Jones and Liam Casey -- - -- |

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'Massive overdose' of sedative led to man's cardiac arrest, brain injury at Winnipeg hospital: lawsuit -- Ozten Shebahkeget -- -

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Physicians want N.L. to hit pause on a mandatory, province-wide electronic health information system -- Mark Quinn -- - -- |

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Alberta Health Services taking legal steps to try and recoup $49M for medication never received -- Janet French -- -

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Inside the Classroom - Country schools, modern problems and the long haul to help kids - Collin Gallant - News - Canada - Calgary - | March 26 - |

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2 people experiencing homelessness died in past 24 hours, says Montreal mayor -- -

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As patents on weight-loss drugs expire, doctors and patients hotly anticipate cheaper generics -- Abby Hughes -- News -- - -- Health

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Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial -- News -- - -- World -- |

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Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo -- Sylvia Thomson -- -

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Montreal saw record 12 frostbite amputations in 2025, but none this year. Here's why -- Leah Hendry -- - -- |

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Moms feel the burn — and a sense of community — while their babies are looked after -- Madison Taylor -- - -- |

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Australia is settling into age-restricted social media. Canada is mulling whether to join in -- Jessica Wong -- -

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Ontario to blow past federal deadline to publicly fund nurse practitioners -- Allison Jones -- - -- |

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CBC Explains -- Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |

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Windsor's top doctor concerned over drop in Michigan's child vaccination rate -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Windsor -- |

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Ontario plans to create connected primary care medical record system, minister says -- Allison Jones -- - -- |

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