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Just days after a study showed that chemical hair straighteners caused a rare type of cancer, an American woman has filed a lawsuit against French cosmetics giant L’Oreal for contracting uterine cancer. Jenny Mitchell reportedly filed a civil lawsuit saying she had been using L’Oreal hair straightening chemicals for more than two decades, which caused …

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Washington: A US woman who contracted uterine cancer after using hair straightening chemicals sold by L’Oreal USA sued the company on Friday, her lawyer said. The woman, Jenny Mitchell, said in the civil suit that she had used the products for more than two decades, then developed uterine cancer that required her to undergo a …

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The first snowfall of the season is on its way to British Columbia’s mountain passes this weekend as a parade of storms begins to move into western Canada. DON’T MISS: From drought to deluge, the changing BC pattern brings unique hazards A series of storms will sweep across BC starting this weekend and extending into …

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has opted for a mix of stability and new faces in her first cabinet. Travis Toews will return to his previous role as finance minister after narrowly losing to Smith on the sixth ballot in the UCP leadership vote. Smith has also awarded Kaycee Madu and Nathan Neudorf with the title …

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Toronto councilor Cynthia Lai has died, her re-election campaign announced in a statement Friday. His death comes a few days before the municipal elections of October 24, in which he was running to retain his seat. “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Councilor Cynthia Lai, Ward 23, Scarborough North, this …

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A team of researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering has partnered with biotechnology company Moderna to develop next-generation RNA platform technologies. This strategic industry-university research agreement is the first academic partnership under the framework collaboration agreement between U of T and Moderna. “We are making new types of nanotechnology …

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With rain and snow in the forecast for British Columbia, it’s finally time to say goodbye to the province’s long dry spell. Environment Canada is calling for just under 10 millimeters of rain in the Fraser Valley and about seven millimeters in parts of eastern Vancouver Island early Saturday, but parched areas on the Sunshine …

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In its own sentencing memorandum, the defense said its client should only be sentenced to probation and stated that contempt of Congress charges are rare. Two other senior Trump administration officials, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and his deputy, Dan Scavino Jr, were not indicted after ignoring the committee’s subpoenas.

Many patients have had a doctor tell them to get some rest. But what does this mean? In what Dr. Tami Martino calls the beginnings of a whole new field of research, University of Guelph researchers are discovering how rest works to help the body heal itself from heart disease. Beyond cardiac patients, he says …

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File this one under Too Crazy to Ignore: A leak on Twitter claims that Apple is working on a “smaller version of macOS” that will run “exclusively” on the new iPad Pro M2 next year. We are with you; there are many reasons to be skeptical. For one, the leaker, Majin Bu, doesn’t have much …

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