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'I wouldn't be here': Ontario supervised consumption site users speak out on closures

'I wouldn't be here': Ontario supervised consumption site users speak out on closures

TORONTO 鈥� Reggie Garrett remembers snippets of the first time he was saved from a fatal overdose.
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In Catholic Paraguay's 1st sex ed program, condoms can't be trusted, love is forever, boys don't cry

In Catholic Paraguay's 1st sex ed program, condoms can't be trusted, love is forever, boys don't cry

ASUNCI脫N, Paraguay (AP) 鈥� Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar's body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quincea帽era to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay.
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Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller

Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller

LONDON (AP) 鈥� Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic. It鈥檚 beating him up for not finishing out his latest theater role after he fell off the stage during a June performance of 鈥淧layer Kings鈥� and spent three nights in the hospital.
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Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows

Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows

OTTAWA 鈥� Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly outpaced increases to provincial health budgets.
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Manitoba's NDP government caught in fiscal squeeze during first year

Manitoba's NDP government caught in fiscal squeeze during first year

WINNIPEG 鈥� Manitoba's NDP government, approaching the first anniversary of its election victory, is facing a fiscal squeeze as it tries to fulfil promises to cut living costs, give more money to public sector workers and eliminate chronic deficits.
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By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up

By-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up

OTTAWA 鈥� A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $86.2 billion 2022-23: $221.
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Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years

Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) 鈥� Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged b
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Cyclist Mike Sametz withdraws from Paralympic road races with injury

Cyclist Mike Sametz withdraws from Paralympic road races with injury

PARIS 鈥� Para cyclist Mike Sametz of Calgary withdrew from the Paralympic Games in Paris because of injury. The 28-year-old crashed in training for road races.
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Giving up pets to seek rehab can worsen trauma. A Colorado group intends to end that

Giving up pets to seek rehab can worsen trauma. A Colorado group intends to end that

DENVER (AP) 鈥� Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction. In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move in with friends.
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Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand

Companies are crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes.
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