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CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Niagara Emergency Medical Services began including nurses to handle 911 calls in 2019, one of only three in Canada to do so, says Marty Mako, commander of mobile integrated health care with Niagara EMS. 

Luis Har was taken as a hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack and spent more than four months imprisoned in Gaza, before a rescue operation by the IDF set him free.

Carolina Avendano Duque was 17 when she left her mother behind in Colombia and moved to Calgary. Now, she can’t wait to be reunited with her.

Distributors of South Asian alcoholic brands in Ontario say that they do not receive adequate shelf space, and the absence of a destination store for South Asian brands makes it challenging to sell in Ontario.

Nearly 200 Palestinians have managed to escape Gaza and obtain approval to travel to Canada — but they had to pay thousands of dollars to smuggle themselves into Egypt. That avenue is now closed off, due to the military campaign Israel launched in Rafah this week.

A business billing itself as Canada's first postnatal retreat has launched in Toronto. For a minimum of $850 a night, new parents get 24/7 support adjusting to life with their babies — a business model some doctors say points to a need for better postpartum care across the board.

Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of the third overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory over Montreal on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series.

Candidates are using the former Calgary mayor's record as ammo against him. But they're doing so in a party whose member base has shifted from Edmonton to his city.

Many jade mining sites in the Turnagain region of northwestern B.C. are only accessible by helicopter, which makes it difficult for the province to monitor the companies, according to a statement.

The United Conservative Party’s board is urging Premier Danielle Smith to reform COVID vaccine policy because the directors are worried about the safety of mRNA vaccines for kids, the party president says.

Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure amid the war from the U.S. and others.

Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of Canada's team at the 1972 Summit Series, has died at age 79.

An out-of-control wildfire in northern Manitoba has forced the evacuation of some homes and cottages in the area, the province said Saturday.

In her new memoir, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is focused on looking forward — past her former broadcast career and separation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after 18 years of marriage. She talks to The National’s Adrienne Arsenault about where she is now and what’s in the next chapter of her story.

Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been booted from Eurovision, hours before the final of the music competition in Sweden. Organizers say his expulsion comes after a complaint by a member of the production crew.

Some residents of Harrison Hot Springs say they're considering leaving the picturesque village because they're alarmed by the level of dysfunction in council, with chaotic meetings, a backlog of village business and rancour that has spread into the community.

Images showing narrow waterways are part of broader Canadian mission to better understand changing surface water levels.

Brian Lush was missing for two weeks. Ontario police say they looked everywhere — but his remains were found in the back of his own truck. Here's how that might have happened.

At 28 years old, Dr. Soania Mathur was building her medical practice and expecting her first child. Then she was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease.