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There's a new way to treat sprains and strains. Hint: Ice is out.
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (1116+ words) A few years back, spectators at an intramural indoor soccer game at the University of California at Davis might have seen Keith Baar, a professor of physiology and membrane biology at the university, practicing state-of-the-art soft-tissue injury care. Having turned…...
DEAR ABBY: Computer repair leads to upsetting discovery
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (468+ words) The recent past of an advice-seeker's wife was revealed DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my wife for three years. She asked me to fix her old computer. As I was doing that, I saw emails from her ex,…...
Letters to the Editor, July 8, 2026
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (329+ words) Toronto Sun Why the Maple Leafs changes with assistant coaches are so important WARMINGTON: More grief for local cops after Durham recruits involved in fatal crash LILLEY: Does Pierre Poilievre actually want to be prime minister? Kawhi Leonard makes surprise…...
Donald Trump, NATO allies to begin key talks at Turkey summit
8+ hour, 28+ min ago (616+ words) NATO allies at pains to keep U. S. president onside ANKARA " After a pomp-filled welcome in Ankara where his NATO allies were at pains to keep him onside, U. S. President Donald Trump was to get down to the hard business of the summit…...
39 heat-related emergency department visits during Toronto's recent scorcher
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (309+ words) The highest heat-related Toronto hospital ER visits on a single day during the heat wave was July 2 when there were 15 How hot was it during Toronto's recent heatwave? Toronto Public Health says from June 30 to July 4, there were a total…...
Bystander assaulted in Oshawa while trying to stop fight; man accused of brick attack
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (539+ words) Victim suffered minor injuries after incident on Saturday A 41-year-old Oshawa man is facing charges after a female was assaulted during an altercation in Oshawa. Durham Regional Police said that on Saturday around 10: 30 a. m. they responded to an armed person call…...
More Canadians "pay later" as grocery prices rise: Report
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (324+ words) Canadians making payment plans, turning to discount grocers such as No Frills, Giant Tiger to manage costs as grocery prices rise. Canadians are increasingly using repayment plans as their grocery bills rise, according to a report from a financial services…...
LAU: Federal government's footprint growing despite declining headcount
11+ hour, 16+ min ago (320+ words) Since 2015, the federal public service headcount is still up 34. 3%. According to new data from the secretariat of the Treasury Board, which oversees federal government spending and operations, the federal public service headcount shrank by more than 12, 000 (or about 3. 5%) in the…...
MANDEL: Could new reforms finally clamp down on "catch-and-release" bail?
11+ hour, 33+ min ago (526+ words) Ottawa's new bail reform law comes into effect next week Maybe at last, the message is getting through to our courts: Repeat dangerous criminals should remain behind bars while they await trial. So for now, Gergy Anthony Gorburn isn't going…...
LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70 B in Canada
12+ hour, 7+ min ago (641+ words) Reports of funding being paused fake news, says Jean Charest, co-chair of Canada-U. A. E. Business Council When Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the United Arab Emirates last November, he was looking to expand trade. What he didn't expect was an offer…...