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“WE WERE ALL REALLY, REALLY SHOCKED,” RECALLED HAFEZ, 32, LEAD AUTHOR OF A REPORT ABOUT THE CASE IN A RECENT EDITION OF THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. “No one involved had even seen this...

BENEDIKT FISCHER, A SENIOR SCIENTIST AT THE CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH IN TORONTO, TOLD THE CONFERENCE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING FROM OPIOIDS AREN’T GETTING THE DRUGS ON THE STREET, BUT...

THIS PETITION IS NOT ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IN FOOD IDEOLOGIES BUT ABOUT THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLE OF YOUR FREEDOM TO CHOOSE.  It also isn't about having raw milk sold retail but about direct...

The Lethbridge couple found guilty in the death of their 19-month-old son have appealed their convictions. Calgary defence counsel Karen Molle on Friday filed notices of appeal on behalf of both...

NO SINGLE HERB THREATENS THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY'S GLOBAL MONOPOLY AS MUCH AS TURMERIC. HERE'S WHY... Turmeric has received a lot of attention in the past few years. The reason has everything to...

No links to media that offer the truth. Virtually everything was an example of yellow journalism at its finest. NHPPA is sharing a post from a Facebok page called, "Prayers for Ezekiel" on the day...

Lifestock is a celebration of agricultural diversity! Food, Music and special guests! Hear talks by and meet Shawn Buckley, Michael Schmidt, Montana Jones, Jodi Koberinski and famous farmer,...

If you’re in the middle of eating lunch, you should probably stop reading this story. Health officials in the U.S. approved a quirky new weight loss device called AspireAssist that vacuums food...

“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure...

THE EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENS IS MAKING MANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS WORSE. TIME TO TAKE DRUG RESISTANCE SERIOUSLY FEW, nowadays, would regard gardening as dangerous. But on March 14th 1941 a British...

Breaking News! Health Canada has just approved the genetically modified (GM) fish for eating in Canada. It will not be labelled. This is the first-ever GM food animal. You can contact your Member of...

TAKEOVER DEAL, WHICH COULD BE VALUED AT $42 BILLION, WOULD CREATE WORLD’S LARGEST SEED-AND-PESTICIDE COMPANY Bayer AG has approached Monsanto Co. about a takeover that would fuse two of the world’s...

FIND YOUR CITY. SEE YOU THERE! ON MAY 21, 2016. Activists around the world will, once again, unite to March Against Monsanto. Here's the link to the global list of marches, happening this...

THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE We'll continue to post updates on David and Collet Stephan as more elements are revealed. This piece in Common Ground Magazine (May 8, 2016) was written by Ian...

A recent Med-Effect notice (March 2016) from Health Canada titled: “International clinical trials, including trials in Canada, are being stopped due to serious adverse events with the drug Zydelig,...

RARE, CONTROVERSIAL CASES LIKE THIS DEMONSTRATE A LITTLE-KNOWN VOID IN CANADA'S CRIMINAL LAW. Interesting, Written by Karen Selick--lawyer and commentator. "Another version of my article on how jury...

Canada: "As long as the public doesn’t realize that one in 13 people coming into the hospital will experience some kind of adverse event — and that’s the conservative estimate — then there isn’t any...

United States: "Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests." May 4, 2016...