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National Addictions Awareness Week series: A look at the Yukon and its substance use crisis
This week is National Addictions Awareness week across the country, and this year the CBC’s Virginie Ann is diving deep into how addictions affect Yukoners. We'll be airing stories all week highlighting the work already being done, and...
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Coroner's probe finds 220 additional deaths at Ontario residential schools
An Ontario coroner's investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to residential schools in the province — deaths that were previously unknown to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission or the National Centre for Truth and...
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Ontario coroner links 220 more deaths to residential schools in the province
These previously undocumented deaths brings the total of deaths in the province to over 600.
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Record numbers of safe use drug supplies distributed in N.L. this year
Non-profit harm reduction group Safe Works Access Program (SWAP) distributed record numbers of safe use drug supplies last year. Highest in demand were glass pipes, clean needles and naloxone kits. SWAP is the province’s sole distributor...
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South Africa: Food-Borne Disease Claims Lives Of 6 Children
The President addressed South Africans about the deaths of children due to foodborne illnesses at the Union Buildings, Tshwane, on Friday 15 November 2024. Watch to know more.
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New Delhi: Indian Capital Chokes Under Blanket Of Smog As AQI Drops To 'Severe' Category
The Indian capital is choking as air quality continues to worsen. Multiple areas in Delhi have reached ‘severe’ levels in the air quality index, nearing the 450 mark. As winter approaches, air pollution across the city is intensifying,...
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Eight dead and 2,750 reportedly injured by ‘exploding pagers’ in Lebanon
Eight people are dead, including Hezbollah fighters and a child, and 2,750 reportedly injured after handheld pagers used to communicate exploded near simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday.The devices blew up...
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WHO calls emergency meeting to discuss jump in mpox cases from DRC
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths.
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Minister ‘worried’ about reports of needles on ground near drug consumption room
Scotland’s new drugs minister has said she is “worried” about reports local residents are witnessing a rise in crime and needles on the streets linked to the opening of the UK’s first drug consumption room. Maree Todd said it is...
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Study reveals 90% drop in heart attack deaths over 50 years
Research shows age-adjusted heart attack deaths down 90% in fifty years, though heart disease persists as a top U.S. cause of death. (Scripps News)
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Scripps News review of child fentanyl deaths finds many are uncharged years later
Prosecutors and police say it can be challenging to prove in court how a child ingested the drug and who was responsible. (Scripps News)
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Bereaved parents call for stricter licensing laws for young drivers
Bereaved parents, who have all lost their children in car accidents, delivered a 100,000-signature petition to Downing Street, London, calling for stricter licensing laws for young drivers. PA spoke to Crystal Owen, who started the...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ‘disheartened’ by communication gaps in child fentanyl cases
Police officers are not mandated, under Colorado state law, to report child abuse claims directly to child welfare workers. (Scripps News)
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March 2025: Poisoned: Fentanyl’s Child Victims
The Scripps News investigative team continues to shine a light on mistakes that have led to child fentanyl poisonings. (Scripps News)
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Can adults get a measles shot if they don’t know their childhood vaccine status?
For every person infected with the measles, health officials expect them to spread the virus to another 12 to 18 people. (Scripps News)
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Grenfell Tower to be demolished over two-year period
Grenfell Tower will be “carefully” demolished in a process likely to take two years, it has been confirmed. The Government has officially announced the west London block’s future, having been met with criticism from some bereaved and...
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Speed limits reduced across Irish roads as part of plan to reduce deaths
A 60 km/h road sign in North County Dublin. Speed limits on rural roads will decrease from Friday as part of a Government strategy to reduce collisions and deaths on roads.
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Mayor delivers mentoring roll-out in London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced that his record £34 million mentoring mission in the capital has delivered what is believed to be the largest roll-out of targeted support and opportunity for young people in the UK....
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Communication gaps documented prior to toddler deaths
An ongoing Scripps News review of child deaths and fentanyl poisonings has uncovered communication breakdowns in states including Colorado and Louisiana. (Scripps News)
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Streeting asked if pensioners could die after losing winter fuel allowance
The Health Secretary has challenged the idea that some pensioners could die due to changes to the winter fuel allowance. Wes Streeting insisted pensioners will “still be better off this winter than they were last winter”. Appearing in...
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New award for public servants killed on duty ‘vitally important’, say fathers
The fathers of two murdered police officers said it was “vitally important” to honour public servants killed in the line of duty after they became the first recipients of a new award. Bryn Hughes and Paul Bone both received an Elizabeth...
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Channel crossings: October busiest month of the year so far
More than 5,000 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in October, making it the busiest month of the year so far. According to Home Office figures, 230 people made the journey in five boats on Thursday, which brings the...
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'We have lost everything' - Britons fleeing Lebanon say an entire family was wiped out in airstrike
Britons fleeing Lebanon have been arriving at Healthrow Airport this morning and describing the destruction in the country following the latest round of Israeli airstrikes. Abbas Chamseddin and his wife Sana travelled to London with...
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Israeli strikes killed five members of my family, says mother returning to UK
A British woman returning to the UK from Lebanon said Israeli air strikes have killed five members of her family, including a young engineer 10 days before her wedding. Sana Chamseddin clutched her son in her arms in Heathrow Airport on...