Unpublished Newswire

As Central and Eastern Canada brace for the year’s first heat wave, medical experts are warning of the particular health risks faced by people taking medications that can alter the body’s response to extreme temperatures.Dr. Samantha Green, a family physician at Unity Health Toronto – a network comprised of three hospitals – said the increasing frequency of heat waves as the climate changes has brought the role of medications to the forefront.People who are more at risk in extreme heat events include seniors, infants and toddlers, as well as those with chronic physical and mental health...

A Sikh activist marking the anniversary of the killing of British Columbia temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says the past year has shown they are vindicated in their claims that India targeted separatists overseas.Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a New York-based activist who himself was targeted by India according to U.S. authorities, says Nijjar’s murder a year ago was “not the kind of publicity” the Sikh independence movement was seeking.Pannun says Nijjar’s death and subsequent revelations by Canadian and U.S. officials have “uncovered” India’s plans to silence overseas dissidents with...