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Eggs sold in Sask. recalled for possible salmonella contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a recall of eggs sold in Saskatchewan. The eggs have been recalled due to a possible salmonella contamination. The eggs are as follows: Compliments La...
Feb 20, 2024
Humans Inhale Credit Card-Sized Amounts Of Microplastics Every Week
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Humans are potentially inhaling a credit card-sized amount of harmful microplastics on a weekly basis, and new research published in the journal Physics of...
Jun 30, 2023
Medicine Hat school boards notice an increase in absences
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta school boards are continuing to report a significant increase in absences in their schools due to what Alberta Health Services says is respiratory illnesses. Schools are req...
Nov 22, 2022
Alberta Health Services to create overall healthcare plan for South Zone
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta Health Services is inviting residents to community health care planning engagement sessions throughout the South Zone. These sessions allow AHS to listen to what the residen...
Nov 10, 2022
Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Helps Develop New Test
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Scientists have developed the first-ever skin swab test that can diagnose Parkinson's disease in only three minutes, and it's thanks to a woman with a grea...
Sep 16, 2022
Magnetic Slime Robot Could Someday Be Used Retrieve Swallowed Objects
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Each year, thousands of children swallow objects not suited for human consumption with no other option but to wait for time - and the digestive system - to...
Apr 08, 2022
NACI: Provinces should prep to offer 2nd COVID-19 booster shots
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...
Apr 05, 2022
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
The 22 Day Challenge
Bestie and I are at it again – this time we decided to do a 22 Day Challenge to honour 2022. The idea is to do action items for 22 days in a row. Personally, I love the chemical rush of ch...
Jan 18, 2022