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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers…
Alberta’s United Conservatives welcome back former estranged backbencher and critic
EDMONTON — A former backbench member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative caucus is…
How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials…
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
MADRID (AP) — Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers…
3 Canadians isolating at home after hantavirus ship outbreak, government says
TORONTO — Three people with connections to a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise are isolating at home…
Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
OTTAWA — Implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care…
Worried about hantavirus? Take precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises
TORONTO — Before the world’s attention was captured by a disease outbreak that has killed…
Injured US military veterans find relief and awe swimming with a whale shark at Georgia Aquarium
ATLANTA (AP) — Swimming with manta rays, giant groupers, and even a whale shark brought…
Republican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor after scrutiny in Maine’s Senate race
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she has a benign essential…
Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon propose softening Biden-era limits on “forever chemicals”…
Quebec psychiatrists group supports bill on forced hospitalizations for mentally ill
QUÉBEC — The association of Quebec’s psychiatrists says it supports a bill that would make…
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if…
Vancouver council votes to fight downtown overdose prevention site
Two years ago, Guy Felicella received a proclamation from Mayor Ken Sim, naming a day…
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were…
How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over…
Carney, Liberals say they’re waiting on committee report to decide on MAID extension
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he won’t take a position yet on…
The Latest: Cruise ship hantavirus patients arrive in Europe for treatment
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections were flown…
Surgery to repair skull a success for Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala
VANCOUVER — The father of 12-year-old Maya Gebala, who was gravely injured in the Tumbler…
Antarctica’s tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and disease
BRUSSELS (AP) — Driven in part by fears that the frozen landscapes of Antarctica may…
Inside the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Footage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship…
‘We haven’t seen anything yet,’ Hodgson says of price spikes from Iran war
OTTAWA — The head of the International Energy Agency says the global energy crisis from…
Football club fined for not doing enough to remove player from field during mental health issue
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian rules football club Carlton has been fined 75,000 Australian dollars…
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim vows to use ‘all tools’ to block overdose prevention site
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned…
Behind the push to restrict energy drinks for teens in Quebec
MONTRÉAL — Ever since 15-year-old Zachary Miron died after drinking a can of Red Bull…