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‘Get your free condoms here’ shoutouts not cool with some festival-goers While Sunfest is known for great food, music and multiculturalism, it’s not known for the promotion... 19 January 2012
Wynne makes history as first openly gay premier in Canada Nine years ago, Kathleen Wynne was a social activist-turned school trustee who handily knocked off... 1 February 2013
World Health Org. to assess MedMira’s syphilis, HIV test Halifax bio-medicine company MedMira Inc. has submitted its Multipro combination test for syphilis... 12 March 2013
World AIDS Day Canada 2011: Organizations Seek To Raise Awareness "There are more people today living with HIV in Canada than there were 10 years ago," says... 6 December 2011
World AIDS Day 2012 events in Montreal This story was originally published on the Pop Tart blog. December 1 is World AIDS Day which... 1 December 2012
Women’s Day shines light on HIV infection in Saskatchewan A number of community groups are drawing attention to HIV/AIDS and its connection to violence... 10 March 2013
Women, aboriginals, new Canadians see rise in HIV Toronto has more HIV and AIDS cases than ever before, with an estimated one in 120 adults in the... 1 December 2011
Woman’s case raises questions about Supreme Court’s HIV ruling BARRIE, ONT.—There was intercourse with one man. There was fellatio with a second man. There was... 9 November 2012
Winnipeg immigrant deported for failing to disclose HIV-positive status to partners A Winnipeg immigrant convicted for failing to tell his sex partners he was HIV-positive has been... 20 February 2012
Will the case of a baby ‘cured’ of HIV really help eradicate the disease? The announcement by U.S. researchers last weekend that a Mississippi infant has been cured of HIV... 6 March 2013
Will Stephen Harper address gay issues in Australia? Canadian gays and lesbians are anxiously waiting to see whether Canada will stand with Britain,... 27 October 2011
Why is Canada such a laggard on clinical trials regulation? Science-ish has been trying to get to the bottom of why Canada lags, compared to global standards,... 9 November 2012
What if you're immune to HIV? In the last decade, studies have shown that a very small percentage of people seem to be almost... 30 September 2011
What Happened to Aid for AIDS? A lot has happened since I began typing. Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Canada's Minister of... 15 December 2011
Webinar series: Gay men’s health and HIV prevention in Canada Join some of Canada’s pre-eminent leaders in gay men’s health and HIV for a special CATIE webinar... 19 January 2012
Watchdog abandons campaign for needle exchange in prisons Canada’s corrections watchdog is giving up on his push for needle-exchange sites in prisons, saying... 9 December 2011
War on drugs fuelling spread of HIV, report concludes VIDEO The worldwide war on drugs has been a “remarkable failure,” only serving to drive the spread... 3 July 2012
Vancouver seminar on criminalization online On October 12, 2011 the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the BC Civil Liberties Association... 6 January 2012
Vancouver man receives Diamond Jubilee Medal for HIV/AIDS work   Bradford McIntyre apologizes for letting emotions get the better of him as he talks about... 24 October 2012
UPDATE: Top court decision 'huge setback' - Unanimous ruling says condoms no barrier to prosecution for HIV-positive people   Condom use is not enough.   In a blow to the HIV community, the test in criminal cases... 5 October 2012
Unsafe sex, needles, continue to spread HIV in Sask. As the spread of HIV in the province continues, officials say what's fueling that growth isn't just... 28 July 2011
Unsafe sex more likely after drinking, study confirms How much alcohol a person drinks directly affects how likely they are to have unsafe sex, a new... 13 December 2011
Understanding risk: A conversation CATIE’s James Wilton in interviewed about the tricky topic of communicating risk in the age of... 23 March 2012
Trial still on for HIV-positive woman BARRIE - Defense lawyer Angela McLeod is “baffled” that a Crown attorney still wants to continue... 14 December 2012
Top court to review HIV sex law The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday that it would hear an appeal in a case of a Quebec woman... 10 January 2012
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