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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has decided to stop fighting the idea of supervised drug consumption sites and instead set up a new licensing system that would require the sites and other treatment centres to follow guidelines or face fines.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court on Tuesday convicted a women's rights activist for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of community service.

EDMONTON — The Transportation Safety Board is calling for better screening of heart-related conditions of Canadian pilots.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesdaythat if he became prime minister, he would sue pharmaceutical companies as a way to fund drug treatment ⁠ — but he wouldn't say what he would do about sites where users can consume drugs under

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The details of a deal reached by North Carolina legislative Republicans to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults received overwhelming initial approval from the state Senate on Tuesday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Hive ransomware group was behind the cyberattack that brought Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system to its knees in October 2021, officials said Tuesday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University is asking the U.S.

Another major insulin maker has promised steep price cuts, as pressure grows on drugmakers and insurers to trim the cost of a medication that millions of Americans need. Novo Nordisk said Tuesday that it will slash some of its U.S.

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