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In the news: New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not ‘gatekeep’ PrEP
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be ‘gatekeeping’ PrEP A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
MONTREAL — When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal’s “new patron saint,” Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice. As an activist, Pinzer established a community space for her fellow sex workers in 1915. Decades later, she is honoured with a black, white and hot-pink mural in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors should not be ‘gatekeeping’ PrEP
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing a new guideline for prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a strong focus on increasing the promotion and awareness of the expanding class of drugs. The clinical guideline published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal provides 31 recommendations and 10 good practices for prescribing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner Éric Lépine says in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the driver’s failure to stop fully at an intersection as well as the blinding morning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
VICTORIA — The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast. Rick Steiner, a former academic who was one of the first on the scene of the infamous disaster and has ... Read More »
1 responseUNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The head of the United Nations’ HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. “My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course,” UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told The Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseUnions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government’s legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed at the labour movement. Tens of thousands of Quebecers armed with noisemakers and signs marched from Place du Canada to Premier François Legault’s Montreal offices marching against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
CRANBROOK — An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a team of investigators has been sent to the scene. CPKC says in a statement that the derailment took place around 7 a.m. in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing. It has been a roller-coaster of emotions for Chow, who has gone from worry to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unions, community groups to hold demonstration in Montreal against Quebec government
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s major labour unions are expected to take over downtown Montreal to express their anger over the Quebec government. The unions believe that the François Legault-led government is embarking on a shift to the right of the political spectrum, which jeopardizes the Quebec that generations have built together. In particular, they criticize the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
QUÉBEC — The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party’s leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The party’s executive signed off on the independent investigation mandate given to retired judge Jacques R. Fournier, a former chief justice ... Read More »
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