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Harrison Ford has reminded Donald Trump that life isn’t like one of his films. The Republican candidate recently said that he loves Harrison Ford because “he stood up for America​” in the film Air Force One. Read More »

Scientists at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray have a new cure for hepatitis C that they say is effective even for patients with advanced liver disease. According to a press release from them, the treatment is an all-oral regimen that results in high cure rates following treatment. Michael Charlton, MD, medical director of the Liver Transplantation Program, published the results ... Read More »

Four people were killed after a medical helicopter crashed on its way to a hospital in California. Debris from the SkyLife 4 helicopter was found north of the city of Bakersfield about 30 minutes after it was reported missing after taking off from an airport in Fresno, the Kern County Fire Department said. Read More »

Douglas Tompkins, an outdoorsman, environmental activist, conservationist and entrepreneur who co-founded the North Face clothing company in San Francisco, died Tuesday in a kayaking accident in southern Chile. Douglas Tompkins was flown to the Coyhaique Regional Hospital with severe hypothermia after his kayak capsized on General Carrera Lake in Chile’s Patagonia region. His death was confirmed at the hospital. Read More »

An anonymous donor has stepped up to buy a home for a single mother in Airdrie whose daughters have a rare disease that will leave them both in wheelchairs. Shanna Leavitt’s daughters Kadence, 11 and Addison, 8, both have Friedreich’s Ataxia, a disease that leads to impaired muscle coordination. The disease can affect hands, legs, eyes and even speech and ... Read More »

Actor, director and producer Will MacMillan died Dec. 2 in Burbank, Calif. He was 71. Will MacMillan’s long career on TV, in film and on the stage included playing Boris on “General Hospital.” He made a string of guest appearances on TV from the 1970s through the 2000s, on shows including “Charlie’s Angels,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Moonlighting,” “L.A. Law” and ... Read More »

A new study from SFU’s Beedie School of Business suggests using plus-sized models in advertising might have a detrimental effect on people’s health, particularly when it comes to obesity. The study says using plus-sized models as a way to encourage body positivity might actually promote consumption of unhealthy foods and discourage people from exercising on the premise that obesity is ... Read More »

The Alberta government is adding demerit points to the existing $287 fine for distracted driving. Beginning Jan. 1, drivers will be hit with three demerit points if they are found violating the provincial distracted driving law by texting, using a hand-held phone, personal grooming or fiddling with GPS controls. Read More »

Doctor ‘depression epidemic’? In a recent study, researchers have found that doctors who are doing their internships and residencies may develop depression during the course of their study. Researchers reviewed 54 studies involving 17,500 medical residents conducted worldwide over 50 years. They found that 28.8% of the residents showed signs of depression, and that the rate of depression among medical ... Read More »

Karen Montgomery, an actress, producer and film executive, died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a decade-long struggle with breast cancer, her husband, director Christopher Monger, said. She was 66. She was best known for playing Princess Beata in a 1988 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Read More »

German police have arrested five South Korean family members suspected of beating to death a 41-year-old woman in a religious exorcism ritual in a hotel room, prosecutors said. The body of the 41-year-old was discovered at the Hotel Intercontinental in Frankfurt on Saturday after the suspects called a priest. Read More »