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'We need to find solutions beyond picking up needles': Council asks province to step up on opioids

'We need to find solutions beyond picking up needles': Council asks province to step up on opioids

What's really needed are more rehab beds to tackle root of opioid crisis, say councillors
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NISA Choir celebrates the power of expression

NISA Choir celebrates the power of expression

Kuppajoe Espresso Bar hosts the second annual performance of this community-focused mental health initiative
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NDP bill to improve Northern Health Travel Grant passes second reading

NDP bill to improve Northern Health Travel Grant passes second reading

'Northerners have been clear that the existing Northern Health Travel Grant doesn’t work for them'
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Food recall: Landers' Australian brand Gluten free Macadamia Shortbread

Food recall: Landers' Australian brand Gluten free Macadamia Shortbread

Product contains milk, which is not declared on the label
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Appreciation: Local artist donates painting to HSN's Integrated Chronic Pain program

Appreciation: Local artist donates painting to HSN's Integrated Chronic Pain program

Program changes life for Gregory Maskwa, who lives every day with chronic pain
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Northern Health Travel Grant improvements subject of NDP private member's bill

Northern Health Travel Grant improvements subject of NDP private member's bill

Judith Monteith-Farrell of Thunder Bay-Atikokan recently introduced the bill
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Listeria concerns trigger recall of mozzarella cheese brand

Listeria concerns trigger recall of mozzarella cheese brand

Cliento brand Mozzarella di Bufala Campana was recalled on Thursday, Nov. 28th
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Drug alert: confirmed presence of fentanyl in Greater Sudbury

Drug alert: confirmed presence of fentanyl in Greater Sudbury

Health Canada warns that fentanyl is circulating Sudbury
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Gentili: Vaping isn’t the demon Canada’s health sector wants you to think it is

Gentili: Vaping isn’t the demon Canada’s health sector wants you to think it is

Vaping-related illnesses is what happens when an unregulated market in the U.S. is allowed to spin out of control. Look to the U.K. for the real picture on vaping
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Public health entering uncertain future

Public health entering uncertain future

Funding cuts, massive reorganization ahead as health unit submits 2020 budget
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