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Author: Kelly Grant
Publication Date: November 6, 2025 - 06:00
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Cancer patients to be offered genomic testing as part of a joint study with U.S. hospitals
November 6, 2025
Over the next five years, every patient treated at Canada’s largest cancer centre will have the opportunity to undergo genomic testing to see if major hereditary health risks lurk in their DNA.
The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto announced Thursday that it would become the first Canadian hospital to join a cross-border collaboration involving 15 hospitals in the United States and Helix, Inc., a private American genomics company, that together plan to sequence the exomes of 1.6 million patients.
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Alberta’s Official Opposition on Sunday said a Globe and Mail story documenting ties between Premier Danielle Smith’s government and an Edmonton businessman underscore the need for a public inquiry into the province’s health care procurement practices.New Democratic Party Leader Naheed Nenshi said The Globe’s investigation detailing links between executive Sam Mraiche and Ms. Smith’s government reveal “deep, deep, deep” ties worthy of further examination.
November 30, 2025 - 22:04 | Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Matthew Scace | The Globe and Mail
Cleanup is still underway east of Cranbrook, B.C., after a train derailment caused a propane leak and forced the evacuation of some rural properties along the Kootenay River this weekend.
November 30, 2025 - 21:24 | | CBC News - Canada
British Columbia will require anyone receiving prescribed alternatives to illicit drugs to ingest them under the supervision of a health care provider, tightening the reins on a program that has faced considerable barriers to expansion and sustained political pushback. The B.C. government is expected to announce this week that, beginning Dec. 30, anyone with a prescription for a regulated illicit drug alternative, also called safer supply, will need to take the medication in front of a pharmacist or nurse when that medication is dispensed at a pharmacy, according to a document obtained...
November 30, 2025 - 21:24 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
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