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Author: Kelly Grant
Publication Date: February 23, 2026 - 05:00
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Ottawa to halt funding for tests to detect deaths from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
February 23, 2026
The federal government is scrapping a program that performed autopsies on the brains of people suspected of having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the fatal neurodegenerative disorder that came to public prominence during the mad cow crisis of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
More witnesses will testify Friday in the civil trial of a woman being sued for defamation by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
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TOKYO
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Prime Minister Mark Carney, on an ongoing mission to bring together the world’s middle powers, brought out his rusty Japanese skills as he met his counterpart and enjoyed a Canadian-inspired birthday cake in Tokyo.
Carney touched down in Tokyo on Friday afternoon, local time, where he was set to spend the next 24 hours on the final leg of his three-country journey...
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