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- News release: 2018 Federal Budget invests in science and health
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- News release: A Quebec first: Research chair in women’s heart health
- App to help families make healthy food choices
- News release: Canadian-led international study shows huge costs of delayed access to stroke care
- Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit 2018 — April 5 highlights
- Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit 2018 — April 6 highlights
- Canadians projected to pay a steep price for sugary beverages
- Canadians served opportunity to have their say about healthy eating
- Celebrity chef and health experts stir up excitement around childhood nutrition
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- News release: Farewell trans fats
- FAST Campaign Returns for A Third Year
- Front of package nutrition symbol will put health front and centre
- News release: Global experts gather in Montreal for opening of 11th World Stroke Congress
- News release: Good nutrition takes centre stage at Cardiovascular Congress
- News release: Gretzky urges Canadians not to play around with their heart health
- News release: Heart & Stroke calls on Senator Pamela Wallin
- News release: Heart & Stroke looking for future health funding commitments from federal government
- News release: Heart & Stroke supports new tobacco packaging regulations
- Heart and Stroke welcomes broad overhaul of Tobacco Act
- Heart and Stroke welcomes regulations on plain packaging
- Help wanted needs not being met for Canadians living with stroke
- News release: High stroke impact in low- and middle-income countries examined at Congress
- Joannie Rochette named Honorary Chair for Heart & Stroke Canvass
- News release: Marijuana use might lead to higher risk of stroke, World Stroke Congress to be told
- The Canadian Cardiovascular Congress - Oct. 21 to 24 Vancouver
- Media Opportunity: the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) – Oct. 20 to 23, Toronto, ON
- News release: Monday's highlights from the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
- News release: New Canada’s Food Guide cuts the crap!
- New co-chairs bring deep experience to Heart & Stroke advisory council
- News release: Bill to restrict junk food marketing to kids may be falling victim to industry bullying
- News release: Want to market junk food to kids? There are apps for that
- News release: Pharmacare report a prescription for success
- News release: Simpler is better when it comes to healthy eating
- News release: Stroke in pregnant women three times higher
- Stroke mapping 9-1-1
- Stroke more deadly for women and poses a greater burden
- Study confirms epidemic ecigarette rates and increase in tobacco use among youth
- News release: The Canadian Stroke Congress
- The food and beverage industry is marketing our children and youth to death
- News release: It's time to stop women dying unnecessarily. It's #TimeToSeeRed
- News release: Time to curb our appetite for ultra-processed food
- News release: Urgent action on dementia needed as population ages
- Warning Dementia Ahead
- Will a sugary drinks levy benefit Canadians
- A jewel of life is back with Josee Boudreault as spokesperson
- A jewel of life raises more than 120000 for Heart and Stroke
- Artwork by Group of Seven member coveted item at first Heart and Stroke virtual auction
- Better access to care and more education needed to improve lives of children living with stroke
- New joint campaign calls on feds to take immediate action on pharmacare
- Cannabis may be legal but we need to address the public health impact
- News release Commitment to pharmacare in Throne Speech worthy of standing ovation
- CP renews its commitment to propel research breakthroughs
- Data security incident and impact on Heart and Stroke constituents
- Doug Roth appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Heart and Stroke
- Economie de couts de soins de sante et revenus potentiels
- Hat tip to Health Canada for proposal to cap nicotine levels in vapes
- News release Health Charities call for relief during COVID 19
- News release Heart and Stroke commends the passage of Bill 141 to create an AED registry in Ontario
- Heart and Stroke receives Imagine Canada
- Heart and Stroke Responds to Challenging and Shifting Environment
- Heart and Stroke takes Heart Month fundraiser online
- Heart and Stroke urges Canadians to act quickly to save more lives
- Heart and Stroke welcomes bill to create an AED registry
- Heart and Stroke welcomes new vaping regulations announced by government of Ontario
- Heart and Stroke wellness program beats hypertension
- Heart Brain Connection IMPACT Award
- Heart Stroke encouraged by study about new drug that protects the brain after stroke
- News release Jump Rope for Heart is jumping into a virtual event with both feet
- Le MSSS pour combattre le vapotage chez les jeunes
- Making election promises a reality
- March of Dimes Canada and Heart and Stroke collaborate
- News release Measha Brueggergosman Facebook event for Heart and Stroke
- Measha Brueggergosman joins Heart and Stroke womens campaign
- Media advisory The Canadian Stroke Congress in Ottawa
- New active transportation fund literally a step in the right direction
- New Heart and Stroke national board chair
- New Heart and Stroke report shows funding for research on women is yielding results
- New poll reveals overwhelming support for pharmacare
- New restrictions on e cigarette advertising will protect youth
- New senior vice president takes the helm at Heart and Stroke in Quebec
- New study shows youth are vaping early and vaping often
- News release ASA no longer recommended to prevent first stroke heart disease
- News release Heart and Stroke reminds Canadians to call 911 for heart attacks stroke cardiac arrest
- News release: Heart and Stroke welcomes new vaping legislation
- Public highly concerned about youth vaping poll reveals
- Statement: Heart & Stroke welcomes BC's new vaping restrictions to protect youth
- Statement: Heart & Stroke welcomes Ontario's new vaping restrictions
- News release Study points way to postpandemic healthcare planning
- Study shows access to quality health care tied to people living longer with chronic disease results in higher COVID 19 deaths
- Survey finds people living with heart disease or stroke feel vulnerable during pandemic
- Technology as effective for post stroke rehab as traditional care
- Virtual medicine saves lives in Manitoba
- Heart and Stroke temporarily layoffs employees due to the impact of COVID 19
- News release Drop in heart attack patients presenting at hospital
- News release Manulife Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart hits the virtual road
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