BUNDIBUGYO, Uganda (AP) — Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating consequences.

Many view the onset of hemorrhagic fever as a spiritual affliction and seek out herbs and prayers instead of going to the hospital. This is the case now in Congo, which is suffering its seventeenth outbreak of Ebola since 1976, when the virus was first identified in the rich Congo Basin ecosystem .

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Ottawa is investing more than $3 billion as part of a national food security strategy. It aims to combat anticompetitive industry practices, boost agricultural infrastructure to improve access to fresh produce year-round, and address online surveillance pricing.

But it isn’t the first time a Liberal government pulled out the stops to make groceries cheaper or grocery store monopolies.

Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Pascal Thériault, director of McGill University’s farm management and technology program and an agricultural economist, to discuss what it means for

A head‑on collision in Scarborough early Wednesday sent two men to the hospital and shut down part of Danforth Road.

Emergency crews were called to Danforth Road and Brimley Road at 5:59 a.m. for reports of a two‑vehicle crash with airbags deployed.

Initial information suggested two or three vehicles may have been involved, but police later confirmed three vehicles were in the collision, and the drivers remained at the scene.

Police said two vehicles were primarily involved in the crash and a third vehicle had

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will leave the G7 summit on Wednesday without a formal meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as the free-trade agreement between their countries faces an uncertain future.

Canadian leaders typically get a bilateral meeting with American presidents at summits of the world’s leading industrialized democracies, but Carney dismissed any notion of a snub.

“I wouldn’t take a big message from that,” Carney said. “I had seven

The Toronto Marlies are just one win away from securing the Calder Cup, and Artur Akhtyamov has played a major role in getting them there.

The goaltender made 24 saves in a shutout Tuesday night as the Marlies beat the Chicago Wolves 1-0 in Game 3 of the American Hockey League’s best-of-seven championship series.

His standout performance came on the same day the Marlies’ NHL affiliate, the Toronto Maple Leafs, made a significant change to their goaltending depth chart, trading Joseph Woll to the

Davis Schneider and Andrés Giménez hit back-to-back home runs, Dylan Cease pitched five shutout innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Tuesday night.

George Springer added a two-run homer, the 300th of his career, and knocked in three. Schneider’s drive off rookie Payton Tolle (3-4) cleared the Green Monster, and Giménez followed with a shot that put Toronto up 3-0 in the

Mayor Denise O’Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks “pretty empty” these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings.

It’s almost five years since a wildfire killed two people and nearly wiped the village off the map. There are plans for major infrastructure — including a $26-million community hub — but for now there’s no grocery store, no playground, and the health centre, bank and post office are in temporary

TORONTO — Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never been one to shy away from risk.

It started with the very first patient she provided with a medically assisted death: Hanne Schafer, a 66-year-old Calgary psychologist diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis three months before retiring in 2013.

MAID was three years away from legalization, but Schafer was quickly losing her ability to talk, walk, eat and drink and wanted the procedure as soon as she could get it. On Feb. 29, 2