Ontario Ministry of Health
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Working through the opioid crisis
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Ontario needs a different approach to the opioid epidemic that’s taking over communities, towns and regions like Kitchener-Waterloo. In 2016, the number of opioid-related deaths in Canada hit 2,861. An astronomically high number when comparing data from the previous decade. From January to June 2017 alone, there were at least 1,460 opioid-related deaths and Health…
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Menstruation nation bleeds guilt free
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Although menstruation happens to approximately half of all people during their lives, it’s still treated as taboo. Even on a university campus, considered by many to be a very liberal place, talking about periods in casual conversation is often frowned upon. On March 22, the University of Waterloo Women’s Centre held a workshop titled ‘Menstrual…
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