Tag Archives: Health
A timeline of B.C. ostrich farm's battle to prevent cull of 400 birds
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent months fighting a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of nearly 400 birds. Here are some of the key...
Sep 15, 2025
27 sickened by salmonella in outbreak linked to dog food and treats
VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says 27 people have been sickened with salmonella, mostly in Alberta and British Columbia, in an outbreak linked to contaminated dog food and treats. The...
Sep 15, 2025
11 hospitalized, 79 sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
TORONTO - Eleven people have been hospitalized, and almost 80 salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing produc...
Sep 15, 2025
Alberta to add citizenship to ID cards to streamline service, protect elections
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding mandatory proof of citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent...
Sep 15, 2025
Veteran midfielder Sophie Schmidt done for the season after undergoing knee surgery
HOUSTON - The Houston Dash have placed veteran Canadian midfielder Sophie Schmidt on the season-ending injury list after undergoing knee surgery. The 37-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., was hurt Sept. ...
Sep 13, 2025
Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years
TORONTO - An organization that bills itself as Canada's oldest HIV service agency will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services, even...
Sep 12, 2025
Ticats announce death of GM Ted Goveia, who disclosed cancer diagnosis in June
HAMILTON - General manager Ted Goveia of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats has died. The Ticats confirmed Goveia's death Friday. He was 55. In a release, the Ticats said they were "deeply saddened" and would ho...
Sep 12, 2025
Humans Inhale Credit Card-Sized Amounts Of Microplastics Every Week
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...
Jun 30, 2023
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Sep 16, 2022
Magnetic Slime Robot Could Someday Be Used Retrieve Swallowed Objects
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, thousands of children swallow objects not suited for human consumption with no other option but to wait for time - and the digestive system - to...
Apr 08, 2022