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First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without getting care, study says

First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without getting care, study says

First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than other patients — and anti-Indigenous racism is a significant reason why, a new study says.
Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father's body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger's remains instead.
Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse

Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse

MONTREAL — Quebec's Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province.
In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data

In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
Feds don't 'care if they die,' says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria

Feds don't 'care if they die,' says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria

OTTAWA — Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on behalf of the families.
Whale experts confident orca calf will survive, find family if rescue plan succeeds

Whale experts confident orca calf will survive, find family if rescue plan succeeds

ZEBALLOS, B.C.
Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company's third contract offer

Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company's third contract offer

MONTREAL — Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time.
Quebecers who were in youth protection less likely to graduate, be employed: study

Quebecers who were in youth protection less likely to graduate, be employed: study

MONTREAL — Young people who spent time in the care of Quebec's youth protection authorities are less likely to graduate from high school or to be employed than their peers, a government-commissioned study has found.
Bus carrying Quebec youth baseball players crashes, injuring coach

Bus carrying Quebec youth baseball players crashes, injuring coach

MONTREAL — A Quebec youth baseball coach was seriously injured after a bus carrying players to a training camp in Florida veered off the road early Saturday morning.
Cap on plastic production remains contentious as Ottawa set to host treaty talks

Cap on plastic production remains contentious as Ottawa set to host treaty talks

OTTAWA — Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 years.