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A new international survey of doctors finds that patients still have a tough time getting timely access to care in Canada, which ranks below eight other industrialized countries. The country ranks below average in 19 out of 28 areas measured in total, but at the same time shows some signs of improvement. Initial survey results released in December 2015 revealed …

Several Canadian airlines, including WestJet and Air Canada, say they will let travellers change bookings or get a refund if they want to cancel their flights because of concerns over the Zika virus outbreak. The airlines announced changes to their cancellation policies on Thursday, following similar announcements by United Airlines and American Airlines in the U.S.

Susan Jordan, principal of Amy Beverland for 22 years, died at the scene after the bus struck her and two 10-year-old students. Witnesses said Susan Jordan managed to push several children out of harm’s way before she was hit. Two 10-year-old students have been hospitalised with serious but non-life threatening injures.

Florida Woman Wakes to Find Exotic Kinkajou Caressing Her Face. A woman got quite the scare Tuesday when an exotic animal, a kinkajou, woke her in the middle of the night. “This 99-year-old woman is sound asleep, she feels something, she wakes up and this kinkajou — this furry, big animal — is curled up asleep on her chest,” Dr. …

Mattel announced Thursday that Barbie dolls are now available in three different body types and a variety of skin tones and hairstyles. Some 57 years after the impossibly busty and narrow-waisted blue-eyed Barbie doll was first introduced, California-based toy maker Mattel on Thursday released the new models, which it says better reflect a changing world.

People are more at risk of schizophrenia if they inherit genes that lead to excessive loss of healthy brain synapses during adolescence, a major US study suggests. Schizophrenia is known to have a genetic component but the research, published online in Nature on Wednesday, links the disease with specific gene variants and a biological process called synaptic pruning – the …

On Wednesday morning, Florida doctor Anjali Ramkissoon appeared on “Good Morning America,” where she apologized for attacking an Uber driver last week. The video, posted Jan. 19, shows Anjali Ramkissoon punching the driver in the head and berating him with obscenity-laden insults, before frantically entering his car and dumping all his belongings into the street.

Three months after a $425 million acquisition of Good Technology, BlackBerry this week announced the integration of its mobile management services with Good’s EMM offerings. The move is a clear attempt to lure Citrix and AirWatch customers. How Good Secure EMM Suites helps Good Secure’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) suites offer several useful services such as identity and access management, …

Three Canadians have brought back the Zika virus recently after contracting it abroad, CBC News has learned. Health Minister Jane Philpott said Wednesday that there have been no cases of locally transmitted Zika virus in Canada.

Kevin Abosch, 46, confirmed he had sold the photograph of an organic potato shot on a black background to an unnamed European businessman. Kevin Abosch sold the 162x162cm print to a European businessman, who had inquired about buying it when he saw it in the photographer’s home in Paris. Mr Abosch told the businessman, who wants to remain anonymous, that …

Good news, mobile photography enthusiasts: Apple’s next big-screen iPhone may have a much better camera. As reported by MacRumors, a research note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that Apple will give its so-called iPhone 7 Plus a “dual-lens” camera system. Kuo says Apple is actually working on two different versions of the 5.5-inch handset — one with the …