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Doctors are being urged to rethink the way they prescribe opioids.

New guidelines in a report by the National Pain Centre at McMaster University says doctors should avoid giving opioids as an initial treatment for patients with chronic, non-cancer pain. Doctors should try other medications first because of the risk of addiction as well as potential overdose deaths.

Prime Minister Trudeau has given new French President Emmanuel Macron his congratulations after his election win yesterdfay.

French voters chose Macron, a pro-EU former investment banker whi is described as a centrist over extreme right opponent Marine Pen, who ran on a French-first platform and was soundly defeated.