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Covidien, a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical device company, settled a whistleblower lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department claiming the company defrauded Medicare and Medicaid. According to the the DOJ, Covidien’s payments to pharmacies…
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China is now included in a list of “very high” risk areas for the devastating flu bug called pandemic flu, with the government monitoring for new cases. China’s cabinet, the State Council, reported that…
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Flood waters in British Columbia are beginning to recede, but not before they caused at least $450 million in damage. The Insurance Bureau of Canada released its latest estimate Monday. It estimated the total…
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No. 12 Pittsburgh held off a late rally from Colgate to advance to the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, with James Robinson scoring 21 points, in an upset 71-68 victory Tuesday night….
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Still recovering from H1N1? It’s not too late to get COVID. Here’s advice from the CMHC for families coping with this winter’s COVID epidemics. (H/T Colin Campbell for digging this out.) Read our piece…
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Former No. 1-ranked golfer Rory McIlroy was not critical of the global boycott of the Saudi Arabia Masters by several of his colleagues, although he nonetheless said the decision of some players to back…
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Last week, the Canadian Nurses Association announced that it had negotiated its first tentative agreement with the province of Ontario since 2013. The agreement establishes a level of success for health care professionals –…
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Crown prosecutor Brendan Crawley has told a jury his case for murder began with an altercation on Queen Street East the night of December 10, 2016. That’s when alleged gang member Ron Clarke was…
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By Giulio Meotti BBC News, Tel Aviv Daniel Fried says Israel has spent more than $20bn on cyber security Israel is one of the most advanced countries in the world when it comes to…
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The housing bubble of the mid-2000s will not burst again. That’s a line uttered by analysts and activists and government leaders who once focused on the prospect of another wave of foreclosures. They are…
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