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Calgary Stampede rodeo medical clinic treats a parade of aches and pains

Calgary Stampede rodeo medical clinic treats a parade of aches and pains

CALGARY — The action behind the bucking chutes can be as hectic as the rodeo infield at the Calgary Stampede.
Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner

Security review needed after Inuk women highway deaths near lodge in Quebec: coroner

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area Inuit health centre should review its security measures in light of the deaths of two patients who were struck and killed on highways within a 24-hour span in 2022, a Quebec coroner's report says.
Criminal trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King adjourned to July 15

Criminal trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King adjourned to July 15

OTTAWA — The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King was adjourned this morning without proceeding to the defence case.
The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984

The questions about Biden's age and fitness are reminiscent of another campaign: Reagan's in 1984

The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old.
Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwaters

Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwaters

MORIGAON, India (AP) — A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey.
Alberta town in health crisis must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles

Alberta town in health crisis must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles

EDMONTON — In Hinton, Alta., an industrial town in the shadows of the Rockies, residents left without a doctor to write prescriptions face a three-hour drive to Edmonton to try their luck at a walk-in clinic.
India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left hundreds dead or ill.
Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized

Japan's top court orders government to compensate disabled people who were forcibly sterilized

TOKYO (AP) — In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government Wednesday to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate
As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields

As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields

Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.
Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a sufficient number of them are deemed valid.