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CBC NEWS -- European formula not yet on store shelves despite temporary Health Canada allowance

BY MEGHAN MCGEE (CHI ‘22) -- Measures to keep Canada's stretched baby formula supplies from spiralling into a widespread shortage like that seen in the United States are unlikely to offer immediate relief, and even then may be short-lived, experts say. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- Stories from the immunocompromised

BY STEPHANIE KEELING (CHI  ‘22) -- I am an Edmonton rheumatologist. I know that a simple cold can kill some of my patients. But until COVID-19, I never told patients to wear a mask. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- Medical benefits from cannabis? Still waiting for proof

BY STEPHANIE KEELING (CHI ‘22) -- Weed your way through websites selling cannabis products and you’ll likely be told that the drug is bringing desperately needed relief to people suffering from chronic pain, arthritis and many other ailments. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHY DEBATE --  To tackle food insecurity, school adds hunting and fishing to reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic

BY MEGHAN MCGEE (CHI ‘22) -- When the snow melts in the next few weeks, Terri-Anne Larry’s students will lay traps for rabbits, muskrats and beavers, and learn traditional techniques for preparing and cooking the animals. Next month, they will try fishing for striped bass in the Miramichi. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- ‘As a matter of policy, kids were hungry in residential schools’: The dark history of Canada’s food guide

BY MEGHAN MCGEE (CHI ‘22) -- It’s simple, colourful, and many Canadians, especially parents, turn to it for advice on nutrition and health. But Canada’s Food Guide has roots in controversial experiments conducted on 1,300 Indigenous children and adults in Manitoba Cree communities and six residential schools across Canada in the 1940s and ‘50s. READ MORE. 

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CTV NEWS -- Safety advocates, physicians worry about rising number of kids hurt in ATV crashes

BY KIRSTIN WEERDENBURG (CHI ‘22) -- A growing number of Maritime children were seriously hurt in all-terrain vehicle incidents last year. And as hospitals elsewhere in Canada report a similar wave, child safety advocates say it's time for stricter rules for the off-road vehicles. READ MORE. 

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HALIFAX - A growing number of Maritime children were seriously hurt in all-terrain vehicle incidents last year. And as hospitals elsewhere in Canada r...

TORONTO STAR -- Safety advocates, physicians worry about rising number of kids hurt in ATV crashes

BY KIRSTIN WEERDENBURG (CHI ‘22) -- A growing number of Maritime children were seriously hurt in all-terrain vehicle incidents last year. And as hospitals elsewhere in Canada report a similar wave, child safety advocates say it’s time for stricter rules for the off-road vehicles. READ MORE. 

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THE MONTREAL GAZETTE -- 'Guerrilla pharmacologists' provide a drug-checking service on McGill campus

BY GWYNETH BOONE (CHI ‘22) --  A small group of McGill students — self-proclaimed guerrilla pharmacologists — have defied the university’s zero-tolerance policy and started a drug-checking service on campus. READ MORE.