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Traces of arsenic and lead found in tampons — but potential health impacts unclear, U.S. study says

A new study out of the University of California, Berkeley has found small traces of arsenic, lead and other toxic…

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Halifax

Halifax’s housing crisis uniquely impacts the city’s sex workers

Alex MacDonnell had no idea that a routine outreach visit to a correctional facility would lay the foundation for where…

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Canada

‘Every drop counts’: B.C. prepares for impacts of ongoing drought

Parts of British Columbia will likely enter “unfamiliar territory” with drought if they see another hot, dry summer, says the…

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Sports

This boxer is using science to track her brain health, and helping researchers better understand head impacts

Claire Hafner’s chin is tucked in protectively behind her gloves. Just above them, her eyes are laser-focused, looking for an…

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Lifestyle

B.C. research shows how you meet impacts who you meet

A new study out of B.C. is shedding light on how online dating is impacting not only how people meet…

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Health

Climate change causing negative health impacts: report

A new report from Vancouver Coastal Health says what everyone already knows: climate change is bad for the health of…

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Canada

Minister was warned about possible negative impacts of lifting international student work limit

Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective…

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Nova Scotia

The impacts of the weekend-long winter storm in Truro, N.S.

TRURO, N.S. — Many residents around Colchester County will be nursing sore backs from shovelling themselves out of last weekend’s…

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Health

Ontario man’s cross-Canada cycling trip helps researchers understand how exercise impacts Parkinson’s disease

After he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Steve Iseman set out on an 8,000-kilometre trip across Canada to raise money and awareness…

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Canada

WestJet says extreme cold causing ‘significant’ operational impacts across Prairies

WestJet says it is facing “significant operational impacts” due to the extremely cold weather in the Prairies and parts of…

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