Health

Now healthy, De Grasse shares support on managing injuries to young long jumper

A decade at the professional level has come with its share of injuries, and stategies on how to manage them, for Andre De Grasse. The seven-time Olympic medallist recently recovered from a hamstring i...

The Canadian Press Aug 28, 2025

Canada's new sport guardian awaits commission report on abuse and maltreatment

Canada's new safe sport warden hopes the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's first report gives direction on patching up cracks when it comes to abuse and maltreatment. The Canadian Centre For Ethi...

The Canadian Press Aug 26, 2025

Longtime CFL scout Craig Smith dies at the age of 69

REGINA - Craig Smith, a longtime CFL scout, has died. He was 69 years old. Smith's wife, Cathy, announced her husband's death Sunday on social media. Smith was diagnosed with leukemia in October 2017 ...

The Canadian Press Aug 24, 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...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! 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...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! 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...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Apr 08, 2022

NACI: Provinces should prep to offer 2nd COVID-19 booster shots

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...

Apr 05, 2022

Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...

Mar 17, 2022

McLennan Emergency department once again without onsite physician coverage

For the second straight Monday, the Emergency Department (ED) at the Sacred Heart Community Health Centre in McLennan is without an on-site physician. The shortage will continue until 7 a.m. Tuesday m...

Mar 14, 2022

Beaverlodge Hospital emergency department without onsite physician coverage until Thursday

Alberta Health Services has announced that there will be no onsite physician coverage at the Beaverlodge Hospital emergency department until 8 am Thursday morning.Nursing staff will remain on-site to ...

Feb 23, 2022