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Health

So far, 30 people have died on Toronto’s roads in 2024

In an effort to get more drivers to slow down, Toronto has introduced advanced pedestrian signalling, increased its use of…

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Lifestyle

Paralympic fashion slowly embracing the needs of disabled people

Three years ago, when Team Canada appeared at the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the athletes were…

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Lifestyle

Single dining: Why more people are alone at restaurants

NEW YORK – In the 1984 rom-com “The Lonely Guy,” a crowded restaurant goes silent when Steve Martin tells the…

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Health

Over 15,000 people have died of toxic drugs in B.C. since 2016

The total number of deaths caused by illicit, toxic drugs in British Columbia since the province declared a public health emergency in…

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Canada

Tensions are rising between Montreal’s residents and unhoused people. Is cohabitation possible?

A controversial homeless shelter located just steps from an elementary school in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighbourhood is underscoring the problems with…

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Nova Scotia

Bridgewater wants to lift people out of energy poverty, but helping renters is a struggle

A program aimed at lifting at least 350 households in Bridgewater, N.S., out of energy poverty is having trouble reaching some…

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Nova Scotia

Halifax airport programs aim to make travel easier for people with disabilities

The Halifax Stanfield International Airport has launched three programs aimed at making the bustling site easier to navigate for people with visual and…

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Health

Over 100 people have died of a drug overdose in N.L. since 2023 — and this axe-throwing bar wants to help

The Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services harm reduction van will be at the Jack Axes parking lot every Thursday afternoon…

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Nova Scotia

Over 200 people are buried in this N.S. cemetery. These women won’t let their names be forgotten

Other than a few upright gravestones, the Hillside Cemetery in Dayspring, N.S., would be easy to miss. The cemetery is…

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Canada

In hard times for media companies, these people are working to bolster Indigenous news coverage in Sask.

This is part two of a series on the health of print media in Saskatchewan. Click here for part one.…

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