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Hundreds of Kashechewan First Nation evacuees have arrived in Niagara Falls, one of the Ontario cities taking in people from the Cree community as it endures a water crisis. With 1,700 expected in the Niagara Region city alone, authorities and local Indigenous groups are doing everything they can to help them feel at home. Source […]

People over 80 with memory of those in their 50s show less brain shrinkage and other differences. For a Canadian centenarian, the secret might lie in his passion for sharing a vocation turned hobby. Source link

An Alberta government pledge to bring so-called “triage liaison physicians” back to some emergency rooms could help ensure sick patients are better prioritized, some doctors say. Source link

For months, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has pulled hundreds of items containing pistachios from shelves over possible salmonella contamination. Some retailers are choosing to avoid even unrecalled pistachio products altogether until the situation stabilizes. Source link

Alberta’s measles case counts have jumped after several quieter months, sparking concerns about the province’s ability to quash the outbreak. Source link

The province is moving away from the traditional Pap test in favour of a more accurate test for human papillomavirus (HPV). It can pick up abnormalities sooner because it looks for the presence of high-risk HPV infections which cause the majority of cervical cancer cases. Source link

Ochapowace First Nation has opened a new facility for people who have gone through detox and are waiting to get into a treatment centre. Patients can stay for up to two weeks and will have access to health care, therapy and spiritual care. Source link

The three-year pilot project, which allowed people to be in possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, began on Jan. 31, 2023, and will expire at the end of this month. Source link

New Brunswick’s health minister is eyeing an Ontario pilot project aimed at decreasing wait times by allowing some non-urgent ER patients to wait comfortably at home and receive a text message when it was the best time to head to the emergency department. Source link

A new Alberta government pilot project is hoping to address a common challenge facing citizens accessing health care in a city that straddles two provinces. Source link