Drug users share ideas to fix fentanyl crisis

Overdose crisis

CBC News asked street drug users in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside their opinions on what might reduce the number of people succumbing to fatal opioid overdoses.



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'Show them there's a light in life': advice from a First Nations youth in response to suicide crisis

Valerie Ooshag

A powerful speech about suicide by a 20-year-old woman on Tuesday changed the agenda for a meeting of chiefs from northern Ontario.



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Quebec City trauma team moved fast to save lives of gunshot victims

Dr. Julien Clement Trauma department of CHU de Quebec

Dr. Julien Clément, surgeon and medical director for trauma at L'enfant-Jesus hospital in Quebec City, was home in his pyjamas planning a summer vacation when the call came: gunshots, please come in.



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Mentally stimulating brain games may delay dementia onset

Crafts Competitive Quilting

Computer use and social activities were associated with a decreased risk of mild cognitive impairment in some study participants.



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A program to help kids with poor eyesight is also helping their foreign doctors

Arwad Isse, kid trying on glasses

A one-of-a-kind vision-screening program for Toronto schoolchildren is giving foreign- trained doctors a rare opportunity to improve their skills so they can apply to Canadian medical residency programs.



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De-stress with a dog: New N.L. group to offer canine therapy for mental illness

Esther Vardy and dog

Pawsology is a new organization that aims to pair service dogs and people with mental illness.



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This woman has an incurable cystic lung disease. Why is she laughing?

Catherine Lawerence

A woman who gave up a legal career to raise money to find a cure for her rare lung disease also runs a successful business that encourages humour, reaffirming the belief that laughter is excellent medicine.



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