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South Okanagan Canadian Mental Health Association hosting fourth annual Pickleball tournament (Penticton)
Photo: CMHA Canadian Mental Health Association Gearing Up for 4th Annual Pickleball for Mental Health Tournament Grab your paddles and get ready to meet on the courts later this month to support the South Okanagan Similkameen Canadian Mental...
Certified CME LLC Launches Cosmetic Training Courses in Aesthetic Medicine
Breadcrumb Trail Links Newsfile Elevate skills and boost practice's success with reimagined CME program. Article content Los Angeles, California–(Newsfile Corp. – August 15, 2025) – CERTIFIED CME, LLC is thrilled to announce CME approved cosmetic...

Air Canada Strike Cancellations: What Passengers Need To Know
Air Canada has canceled several flights after the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 10,000 of the airline’s flight attendants, issued a 72-hour strike notice on August 13, 2025. The strike is set to begin on August 16,...

A New Zealand mother and her 6-year-old son made a brief trip to Canada. They have spent weeks detained by ICE
(CNN) — A brief trip to Canada and a small paperwork mistake landed a Washington state mother and her 6-year-old son in US immigration detention for more than three weeks, her attorney told CNN. Sarah Shaw, a New Zealand citizen who has lived...

Many Colorado health research grants canceled by Trump have been reinstated — but impacts are still being felt
At least 60% of the federal health research grants terminated in Colorado earlier this year are officially back on, though some scientists say the delay has thrown off their ability to test out their ideas and train new researchers. The National...

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adherence to Most Costly Chronic Disease Medications in British Columbia, Canada: A Population-Based Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Introduction For patients living with chronic conditions, medications are necessary healthcare interventions for disease management and prevention of morbidity and mortality. However, taking medications as prescribed (“medication adherence”) is a...

Hatters line up throughout day to sign pro-Canadian petition
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on August 15, 2025. asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat residents demonstrated their Canadian pride at the first opportunity to sign an official anti-separation petition. Canvassers had to begin their...

Canada’s vaccine injury program declared her dead. But she’s not
The company that runs Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) wrongly declared a B.C. woman dead and didn’t correct its mistake for months despite multiple requests, Global News has learned. Carol Messenger of Comox, B.C., learned that on...

The Peaceful Fault: Canada’s Politeness Masks a Yukon Quake Waiting to Happen
A Crack Beneath the Rug Canada’s reputation for unfailing politeness is like that neighbor you trust completely, the one you’d invite over to watch the game and have a beer, and you'd feel confident they wouldn't take off with your favorite beer...
Generation Z in Canada driving demand for healthier food choices
Gen-Z consumers in Canada are pushing for healthier food choices, which will have greater implications for grocers in the years to come. That’s one of the findings of PwC Canada’s Voice of the Consumer Report 2025, which analyzed survey results...

The Diet That Could Slash Your Cancer Risk by Nearly 25 Percent
Cutting back on meat is a well-known way to reduce the risk of cancer, and a new study found evidence that the risk reduction might be greater than you think. A study conducted by researchers from the Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2) found that...

Power banks recalled over fire risks: Health Canada
Health Canada has announced a recall on thousands of power banks over a potential fire hazard. Affected models include ESR HaloLock wireless power banks under model numbers 2G520, 2G505B and 2G512B. According to a recall notice published Thursday,...

The Changing Influences on New Product Development in Hospitality
It seems like generations ago when “Globalization” with a capital “G”, was the watchword of corporate America, and of the largest companies and consumer brands in the world. Enabling technologies such as laptop computers, the internet, and the...

Manipal Hospitals to set up Rs 700 crore Multi-Specialty hospital in Nagpur
Nagpur: Manipal Hospitals, one of the leading healthcare providers in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra to build a state-of-the-art 350-bed multi-speciality Hospital at Nagpur. This important...

AYUSH Ministry signs 25 Country-to-country MoUs to promote traditional medicine
Sl. No. Details of MoU Country 1. MoU between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of AYUSH (on behalf of all the research councils- CCRAS, CCRUM, CCRS, CCRH, CCRYN) and the University ofMississippi, USA, on behalf...

‘Fire hazard’: Thousands of power banks recalled for overheating risk

My Mother Sacrificed Her Marriage For a Life in Canada. We Found Only Pain and Horror
Folu*, 19, recalls how her mother gave up the comfort of a stable marriage to move her to Canada when she was just four. By six, her mother had died of cancer, she’d lost all contact with her father, and was living with her white adoptive mother....

Drought is a big problem in Canada — and it’s getting worse
We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right? It’s something we hear from readers, family and friends all the time. It’s a fair question. Drought warnings are becoming more common across Canada, and when we get a wet day, week or even...

Sunny Health & Fitness Celebrates 23 Years of Innovation, Expansion, and Leadership in the Global Fitness Industry
INDUSTRY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 15, 2025-- Sunny Health & Fitness, a trusted name in home fitness equipment and training solutions, is proud to celebrate its 23rd anniversary, marking more than two decades of innovation, growth, and...

‘Needed someone who knew my body better’: Jannik Sinner defends decision to rehire fitness trainer a year after doping scandal
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner on Friday defended his decision to rehire fitness coach Umberto Ferrara, whom the 23-year-old had fired from his team following two failed dope tests in March 2024. Sinner had tested positive for the banned anabolic...