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![A person jogs through a Brooklyn park on a hazy morning resulting from Canadian wildfires. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec causing air quality health alerts in several states.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/gettyimages-1496393300-7d08f4644a55ce3987df277a01733835643b5fcc-scaled-e1686088956511-900x422.jpg)
Here’s how Canadian wildfires are worsening air quality across the U.S.
By: Joe Hernandez I NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Dozens of wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Québec, and the smoke is so bad that it’s causing air quality problems across large swaths… Read More
![Prescription drugs and Canadian money laid out on a table](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/prescription-drugs-and-canadian-money-credit-stefan-malloch-shutterstock.com_-scaled-e1664239392757-900x422.jpg)
State lawmakers look to Canada as an option for lower drug prices
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A new bill has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature that aims to reduce the price of prescription medication for Ohioans by implementing a… Read More
![Powerball tickets lay on a table](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/lottery_tickets__credit_jo_ingles_-scaled-e1654626204500-900x422.jpg)
Ohio lawmakers condemn Canadian government in House while granting lucrative deal in Senate
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — On the same day the Republican-dominated Ohio House voted for a resolution to put Canada on the religious freedom watch list, the Ohio Senate… Read More
![A view of Canada from the Detroit, Michigan shoreline](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a-view-of-canada-from-across-the-water-in-detroit-michigan-credit-jo-inglesjpg-scaled-e1654266400264-900x422.jpg)
Republicans in the Ohio House vote to put Canada on a federal watch list
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio House passed a resolution (House Resolution 194) late Wednesday night that urges the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to add Canada… Read More
![Abortion rights advocates and abortion rights opponents demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ap21335573974507_wide-a149f12fb971b1a214fe94b73a0a7bd2df482e6f-scaled-e1638387751746-900x422.jpg)
A Canadian official says Americans can get abortions there if Roe is overturned
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — While it’s not yet clear what resemblance the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion will bear to the final version, its current form suggests Justices may soon… Read More
![View of the waterfront from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on January 20, 2020. The number of American pleasure craft arriving from Washington state has alarmed Canadians living just across the border.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/gettyimages-1194990487-734588b18205d2d66355ebc4be2a99a66e729a32-900x422.jpg)
🔉Americans, Go Home: Canadians Track U.S. Boaters Sneaking Across The Border
By: Martha Ann Overland | NPR
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U.S. pleasure boats have been sneaking into Canada despite a border shutdown. A group of Canadian retirees is on the lookout for violators from the “petri dish” that is America.
![Surrounded by some of the members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference on COVID-19 in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13. Of the 27 task force members, two are women, standing to Trump's left: Dr. Deborah Birx and Seema Verna (holding the sheath of papers).](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/task-forcegettyimages-1206996726-532c19ecdb6f862415b63cc6d22835d67a4e1806-900x422.jpg)
Where The Women Aren’t: On Coronavirus Task Forces
By: Malaka Gharib | NPR
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The pandemic is reportedly taking a greater toll on women. Yet women are underrepresented in expert groups that decide how to control the coronavirus and where funds should go.
![A patient holds a vial of insulin during a news conference outside the Olde Walkersville Pharmacy, Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Windsor, Ont.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AP_19209621082357-e1575913034135-900x422.jpg)
West Virginians Head to Canada to Find Affordable Insulin
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A group of West Virginians have gone to Canada to find affordable insulin. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the caravan left Morgantown Sunday morning for Niagara Falls,… Read More
!["This is the next important step in the Administration's work to end foreign freeloading and put American patients first," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement detailing a plan to allow Americans to import certain prescription drugs from Canada.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/azar-a95872474942e46cadc43c1b2ee6c271d7439f38-e1564582872171-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Plans To Allow Imports Of Some Prescription Drugs From Canada
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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Health and Human Services outlined two pathways for importing the drugs to the U.S., a plan Secretary Alex Azar says is intended to “lower prices and reduce out of pocket costs for American patients.”
![The U.S. is lifting tariffs on Canada's steel imports, nearly a year after imposing the duties. Here, a worker is seen at Bri-Steel Manufacturing, which makes seamless steel pipes, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rts1tvnb-a241116e9bef1abded2c2768c5f4ba0af31cddbc-e1558117593898-900x422.jpg)
U.S. To Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on steel and other metal imports from Canada, in a move that could put the two nations a step closer to ratifying the USMCA trade pact.