A new study has found that patients in B.C. who left hospitals against medical advice were 60 per cent more likely to suffer an overdose within a month of leaving when risk factors were considered. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday, was led by researchers at the University of B.C. It…
When Amélie Beauregard was asked what she wanted for her 18th birthday, she said she wanted to meet Maya Turner, the female starting kicker of the University of Manitoba Bisons men’s football team. On Saturday, her wish came true. She and her father flew from Montreal to Calgary, to watch the Bisons play the University…
Mila Mulroney says her new role at St. Francis Xavier University sounds like something her late husband would have orchestrated. “Brian was a bit of a control freak,” she said playfully in an interview with CBC chief political corespondent Rosemary Barton. “He was instrumental in this role. I think he’s watching from on high.” The widow…
A B.C.-born pianist won the Leeds International Piano Competition in the United Kingdom — one of the most prestigious prizes in classical music. Jaeden Izik-Dzurko took home the top prize, along with a cash award of roughly $54,000, following his final performance at St. George’s Hall in Bradford, about 325 kilometres northwest of London, on Saturday. Izik-Dzurko,…
New, tighter restrictions for international students at Canadian universities and colleges are worrying industry watchers, who warn that continued uncertainty about post-secondary could damage Canada’s reputation as an attractive place to study and live. Canada’s post-secondary sector was already adapting to a reduction of international study permits and other measures announced in January when Immigration Minister…
Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell’s patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing team usually checked blood work around noon,…
As schools turn to university students and graduates without a teachers’ degree to cope with a shortage, a certified teacher from Dieppe says she’s been trying to find full-time work without success. Dieppe resident Allie Fanjoy was hired as a supply teacher for the coming school year in late August, but she says the process was slow…
The Current23:52Bob McDonald on overcoming impostor syndrome — and saying yes WARNING: This article contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. In a new memoir, CBC host Bob McDonald reveals that he was sexually abused as a child. “I was sexually abused by…
The bowl of free condoms in the student office might need to be dusted off. A recent report based on surveys of 15-year-olds in 42 countries, including Canada, shows what the World Health Organization called a worrying decline in the use of condoms, which provide protection from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In Canada, roughly two-thirds…
Cycling advocates in British Columbia hope a new U.S. study will boost the case to allow bicyclists to yield at stop signs and safely roll through intersections. While it’s the law in jurisdictions like B.C. for cyclists to stop at stop signs, like every other road user, it’s common to see people on two wheels…
