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Addicts inject themselves in May 2011 at the Insite supervised injection center in Vancouver, Canada.

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To fight the opioid crisis, Canada tests decriminalizing possession

Overdose deaths have risen sharply across Canada in the past five years, with deaths linked to fentanyl doubling. Officials hope decriminalization will make more users willing to seek medical care.

June 01, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
The FDA is working with federal, state, and local officials to investigate a multi-state outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters, the agency said Wednesday.

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A norovirus outbreak is linked to raw oysters distributed in 13 states, the FDA says

A multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Canada is under investigation in 13 states by the FDA.

April 07, 2022
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On the front lines of global warming, evacuees from Lytton, a western Canadian village destroyed by wildfires in June, are detached and bitter about the September 20 snap elections.

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A church retreat came to the aid of Canada's latest disaster survivors

British Columbia experienced major disasters this year that scientists say show the intensifying effects of climate change. Many of those affected by fires and floods took shelter at Camp Hope.

December 11, 2021
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  • Emma Jacobs
Two men who slipped and fell on a steep rock leading into<strong> </strong>rough waters<strong> </strong>at a park in British Columbia were saved thanks to a group of Sikh men who unraveled and removed their turbans to create a makeshift rope.

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Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park

A group of Sikh men broke religious protocol to help hikers stuck near raging waters at a Canadian park. The men created a makeshift rope using turbans and jackets.

October 25, 2021
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  • Tien Le
Danita Bilozaze, alongside her daughter Dani, celebrated the completion of her master's degree in education with a portrait session last year at Kye Bay in the Comox Valley, British Columbia. Bilozaze's studies focused on Indigenous language revitalization.

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She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier

A new Canadian policy answers a 2015 call for government action. Danita Bilozaze hopes it means that no one will face the resistance she did to rescue her name from a history of forced assimilation.

July 05, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman
The British Columbia Wildfire Service is responding to multiple fires in the province this week. Two wildfires pictured here, the Long Loch wildfire and the Derickson Lake wildfire, are in close proximity and estimated to be 740 acres combined in size.

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  • World

The Deadly Heat Wave Is Triggering Dozens Of Wildfires In Western Canada

The town of Lytton, British Columbia, caught fire and was completely evacuated Wednesday, just one day after setting a new all-time Canadian heat record with a high of 121 degrees Fahrenheit.

July 01, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
View of the waterfront from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on January 20, 2020. The number of American pleasure craft arriving from Washington state has alarmed Canadians living just across the border.

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Americans, Go Home: Canadians Track U.S. Boaters Sneaking Across The Border

U.S. pleasure boats have been sneaking into Canada despite a border shutdown. A group of Canadian retirees is on the lookout for violators from the "petri dish" that is America.

August 03, 2020
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  • Martha Ann Overland

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