'He went for me': N.W.T. senior says he was repeatedly rammed by a wheelchair, and staff did nothing

A resident of Woodland Manor in Hay River says he was knocked out of his wheelchair in one of a number of attacks from another resident who has dementia.

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'A positive step': health, safety advocates laud new registry of federal buildings with asbestos

After years of lobbying, an official public inventory of Canadian government buildings containing asbestos is now available online —and workplace health and safety advocates say the document is a good start.

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Japanese scientist wins 2016 Nobel medicine prize

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his discovery of mechanisms for degrading and recycling cellular components.

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Robin Williams' widow writes essay about 'terrorist' inside husband's brain

Susan Schneider Williams says Robin Williams' rare brain disease left the couple struggling to understand his symptoms, in a new essay published in the medical journal Neurology.

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Pot-smoking young men had the most to say to Ottawa about marijuana legalization

Canada's task force on marijuana legalization has heard a lot from one particular demographic about how to proceed: young men who smoke pot.

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How actors help an award-winning Toronto doctor teach his students

Using actors called “standardized patients,” Dr. Brian Hodges helps to teach doctors how to react to patients in a psychological crisis.

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B.C. premier wants meeting with Trudeau on health care, won't accept spending cuts

The Liberal government's pledge to maintain the health-care spending escalator unilaterally set by the former Harper government is unacceptable, B.C. Premier Christy Clark says, demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau come up with more money.

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