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Health

Pioneering brain surgery gives B.C. woman her voice back

Twenty years ago, Susan O’Sullivan was living a busy life, working full-time with the Ministry of Forests and volunteering as…

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Canada

Pioneering Métis human rights advocate Muriel Stanley Venne dies at 87

Muriel Stanley Venne, a pioneering Métis woman renowned for her tireless advocacy for Indigenous rights, has passed away at the…

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Nova Scotia

Pioneering N.S. astronomer remembered for ‘connecting people with the universe’

Astronomer David Lane, who created the world’s first telescope controlled by social media at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, died late…

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Tech

Pioneering pig-to-human kidney transplant performed in U.S.

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors…

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Nova Scotia

Gloria Borden, pioneering medical technologist, boxing and event promoter, dead at 85

A trailblazing Black Nova Scotian, known for her influential work in the fields of medicine, boxing, music and genealogy, and…

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