Rapper Julio Foolio dead after Florida shooting
Rapper Julio Foolio was killed in a Sunday morning shooting outside a Tampa, Florida, hotel. The rapper, whose legal name is Charles Jones, had been out celebrating his 26th birthday at …
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From fast food to construction, employers turn more and more to temporary foreign workers
Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light to hire more than double the people through the federal …
Losing a foot to diabetes is terrifying, and preventable. How doctors are trying to help
Duane Lea is terrified of needing an amputation, or worse. The 46-year-old Toronto resident lost his right foot to a blood clot when he was in his 30s and is …
Lyme disease might be more common, but this tick-borne disease is on the rise in Canada
Tick experts are warning Canadians to be on the lookout for symptoms of a tick-borne disease whose case counts have been steadily increasing over the past 15 years. Anaplasmosis is an …
More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims have died this year amid scorching heat, Saudi Arabia says
Some 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced …
TikTok has been called the therapist’s couch of Gen Z. But not all the #mentalhealth info checks out
Spark53:59Being Human Now 9 – Wellness It’s “scroller beware” on #mentalhealth TikTok, where content ranges from informed to misleading, and has the potential to be both helpful or harmful, mental …
Extreme heat is a global killer — and worse for our health than previously thought, new research shows
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can …
Health-care evacuations are the ‘new normal.’ Here are lessons from Alberta’s last wildfire season
White Coat Black Art26:30Health-care lessons from an unprecedented fire season The meals hadn’t even been served at the 2023 Physicians Appreciation Dinner in Grande Prairie, Alta., when Candice Edey stepped forward to deliver …
A new law aims to crack down on environmental racism in Canada
For years, researchers, activists, community leaders have shown how Indigenous, Black and other racialized groups have been disproportionately affected by polluting industries. Now, a new law will require the federal …
After 2 children died, Hamilton hospital has postponed roughly 100 surgeries
McMaster Children’s Hospital has cancelled roughly 100 tonsil and adenoid surgeries since the death of two children. The hospital paused all tonsil and adenoid surgeries for children 17 and under …