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Liberal candidate says Facebook posts questioning 9/11 were her ‘truth’ at the time

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A Liberal candidate who expressed skepticism about the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. in her social media posts said it was her "truth" at the time and she has since moved on. Maria Manna, the Liberal candidate in the British Columbia riding of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, has posted comments on her Facebook page questioning the official account of the events that transpired on Sept. 11, 2001, including two posts on the anniversary of the biggest attack on U.S. soil. "So today we remember the tragedy of 911. Today we will talk about who did it and why. Today most people will continue to be
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Doctors warned not to encourage young women to freeze their eggs in new medical journal article

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Doctors are being warned not to encourage young women to freeze their eggs as a way to avoid “future regret,” says a just-published article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that argues it risks perpetuating expectations that being a mother is central to being a woman. “Social egg freezing uses medical technology to respond to a non-medical problem — natural aging,” the authors of the CMAJ analysis write in a paper published Monday, which was intended to help family doctors advise women contemplating egg banking. Growing numbers of Canadian women are seeking “social