This P.E.I. weight loss support group wants to redefine obesity

Some major medical groups want to change how doctors diagnose obesity, saying new definitions and diagnostic criteria could reduce stigma…

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Canadian Apartment Rent Growth Falls to 5.4% in 2024: CMHC

Canada’s rental-apartment market saw a notable slowdown in rent growth in 2024, says a new Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation…

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P.E.I.’s first private MRI clinic set to open in Summerside this spring

Prince Edward Island’s first private clinic for magnetic resonance imaging is set to open in Summerside this spring, says one of…

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Sweeping tariffs could be 3% hit to Canadian economy

A CIBC report says sweeping tariffs imposed by the U.S. could cost the Canadian economy as much as 3.25%, even…

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Smithfield Foods seeks up to $10.7-billion valuation in U.S. IPO

Smithfield Foods Inc. is targeting a valuation of up to US$10.73-billion in its New York flotation, the biggest U.S. pork…

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Why are mortgages so expensive in Canada? A look at 2024 and 2025

Housing affordability—while still extremely expensive in many of Canada’s major real estate markets—was all over the map in 2024, as…

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Canada’s inflation rate ticks lower to 1.8% in December, partly due to GST break

Canada’s annual inflation rate ticked lower in December, thanks in part to Ottawa’s temporary GST tax break, but economists still…

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Island man pleads guilty to sharing intimate image with undercover cop posing as child

Henry Donald Crabbe pleaded guilty Tuesday in provincial court in Charlottetown to both child luring and making sexually explicit material…

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Bitcoin edges higher as investors shake off initial Trump Day One disappointment

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, approached the previous session’s record high on Tuesday in choppy trading as the top U.S….

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Admit it, the GST holiday is pretty great

I bought some chocolate a couple of weeks ago, and what a tasty experience it was. The chocolate was a…

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