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[ad_1] Olive oil prices have skyrocketed in the past few years, but experts say some parts of Europe that produce it are seeing the “best harvest” in about three years. And while it won’t happen right away, those conditions could mean the price spikes will ease up. According to Statistics Canada, one litre of olive … Read more
[ad_1] Renowned editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder may have lost his job, but he promises he hasn’t lost his voice. The author and illustrator, who is a member of the Order of Canada and has won multiple national newspaper awards, says he was let go by The Chronicle-Herald newspaper this week after nearly 30 years … Read more
[ad_1] Hospitals across the United States are scrambling to manage a shortage of IV fluids after Hurricane Helene forced the shutdown of a key facility that produces most of the nation’s supply, which also supplies to health-care providers in Canada. Baxter International Inc., a medical technology company that supplies 60 per cent of the U.S. … Read more
[ad_1] Actor Jenna Fischer announced she was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer last December and has been living “cancer-free” after treatment. On Tuesday afternoon, Fischer wrote on Instagram that she underwent a lumpectomy to remove a tumour, as well as chemotherapy and radiation to treat her “aggressive” breast cancer. Triple-positive breast cancer is known as … Read more
[ad_1] The convenience store giant behind Circle K is not giving up its hope of taking over the Japanese owner of its international rival, 7-Eleven. Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. said in a Wednesday statement that it had received a revised confidential, private and non-binding proposal from Alimentation Couche-Tard. The Laval, Que.-based business, which … Read more
[ad_1] Less than a month from election day in the U.S., Vice-President Kamala Harris is on a media spree. In recent days, the Democratic nominee sat down with CBS’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s The View, the Call Her Daddy podcast and Howard Stern’s radio show. To cap it all off, Harris joined late-night host Stephen Colbert … Read more
[ad_1] At 39 years old, April Hubbard is trying to change conversations around death, even as she approaches her own. “I always kind of thought that I would have to end my own life at some point in some way, even before MAID (medical assistance in dying) was legalized in Canada,” she says. “But I … Read more
[ad_1] At 39 years old, April Hubbard is trying to change conversations around death, even as she approaches her own. “I always kind of thought that I would have to end my own life at some point in some way, even before MAID (medical assistance in dying) was legalized in Canada,” she says. “But I … Read more
[ad_1] Using one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is as effective in preventing cervical cancer as two or three doses, new research suggests. A peer-reviewed study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on Monday found that a single dose of HPV vaccine could prevent a similar number of cervical cancers, HPV infections … Read more
[ad_1] When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lands in Laos on Wednesday, he will have spent almost a full day in the air and yet, despite spending 24 hours to get to the Laotian capital of Vientiane, he won’t even spend 48 hours there. But senior government officials travelling with the PM this week say the … Read more
