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Health

Canadian Blood Services apologizes to the 2SLGBTQ+ community for donation ban

Canadian Blood Services is apologizing to the 2SLGBTQ+ community for its “harmful” former policies that for decades prevented men who have…

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Nova Scotia

$1M donation leads to advancements in spinal robotics in Atlantic Canada

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has donated $1 million for the advancement of spinal robotics technology in Atlantic Canada, an investment one neurosurgeon says…

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Nova Scotia

$1M donation allows University of King’s College to press on with plans for new residence

A million-dollar gift to the University of King’s College has allowed officials at the Halifax-based institution to move ahead with…

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Entertainment

The Weeknd funds humanitarian aid in Gaza with $2.5 million donation

The Weeknd, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye, is donating $2.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian efforts in Gaza.…

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Canada

Health Canada lifts lengthy mad cow-related blood donation ban in Quebec

Montreal Héma-Québec vice-president Dr. Marc Germain says it’s clear that there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob…

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Canada

After years waiting, Ontario woman gifted kidney donation from total stranger

After years of agonizing waiting, Lucy Latino finally stood in the hallway of Toronto General Hospital Friday, weeping and embracing…

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Halifax

Dalhousie’s Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security receives $2 million donation

HALIFAX, N.S. — To help fight against the recruitment of children to war, Dalhousie University’s Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace…

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Nova Scotia

Promised $10M donation falls through, putting landmark N.S. church in jeopardy again

A potential $10M donation to repair Église Sainte-Marie in Church Point, N.S., has failed to materialize leaving the landmark wooden church…

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