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Canada

More testing needed at Edmonton’s natural pool to track contamination risk, germ experts say

Years after public health researchers urged the City of Edmonton to allow no more than 45 swimmers per day in…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia launches take-home STI testing kit, a first in Atlantic Canada

Nova Scotia’s decision to offer free at-home tests for sexually transmitted infections is an important step toward reducing some barriers to…

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Tech

N.S. swordfish harpoon fleet testing new gear, sets sights on tourism

For more than 20 years, Dale Richardson has walked to the end of a pulpit with a harpoon in hand…

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Nova Scotia

HIV testing kits now available at some N.S. public libraries

A Nova Scotia organization says more work is needed to prevent the spread of HIV. To do that, it is now…

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Health

Ontario halts wastewater testing for COVID, other viruses

Ontario is officially ending its COVID-19 wastewater surveillance program today in a move some public health experts call shortsighted. Dr.…

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Business

Alec Baldwin attorneys argue in trial gun testing was evidence destruction

SANTA FE, N.M. – Alec Baldwin’s defence attorneys argued Monday that damage done during FBI testing to a revolver that…

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Health

Ottawa Public Health seeking ways to continue wastewater testing

Ottawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue wastewater monitoring after the province cuts…

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Tech

Laurentian student testing foraged foods for metal and nutrient content

An undergraduate biology student at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., is doing some research that has caught the attention of…

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Health

Canada expanding surveillance, testing milk for H5N1 avian flu amid U.S. dairy cattle outbreak

Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. adult learners prepare for change to high school equivalency testing

Adult learners in Nova Scotia will lose access to the current high school equivalency testing program in two weeks, but a made-in-Canada…

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