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Author: Kelly Grant, Chris Hannay
Publication Date: November 3, 2025 - 06:00
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Myeloma patients launch campaign advocating for immunotherapy pricing talks to resume
November 3, 2025
Nearly 1,000 Canadians with multiple myeloma and their caregivers have e-mailed elected officials asking that pricing talks resume for a cutting-edge immunotherapy that Health Canada approved nearly three years ago but which still isn’t available in this country.
The letter writers are pleading with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance, the organization that negotiates confidential discounts on drug prices on behalf of provinces and territories, to cut a deal for Carvykti, a bespoke, one-time-only infusion for the aggressive blood cancer.
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A new Canadian Army equipment program that could be worth almost $500 million is designed to select only U.S.-provided equipment, despite claims by Prime Minister Mark Carney the military will be reducing purchases of American systems. Read More
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Harvesting cannabis in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a migrant labourer in 2023, Maria recalls being surprised when her boss invited her and two friends for dinner at his home in the nearby mountains.
It was an evening of dancing, drinking and lounging in a hot tub — rare luxuries for the then-28-year-old Mexican who says she lived in a cramped trailer on the farm where she worked.
Feeling intoxicated, she says she went to bed alone in a nearby bedroom.
Her next memory, she says, was of her boss on top of her, kissing her against her will and doing “many things to my body...
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Nova Scotia liquor stores will once again stock booze from the United States beginning today, but for a limited time only.
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