There are over 770,000 people in Canada today living with dementia. By 2030, that number could be more than a million — a “tsunami” of dementia cases, according to Hope for Dementia, a Canadian advocacy organization.

“Current trends in growth of the number of people affected by dementia present an unsustainable trajectory,” the organization states, adding the cost of dementia care will rise from $12 billion in 2020 to $16.6 billion by 2031.

For Canadian society as a whole, it’s going to be a huge challenge. But it’s also challenging for faith groups — especially those Christian denominations that have large numbers of older members. They will be on the frontline of the increase in the numbers of people with cognitive impairment.

How can they respond? One organization that can help is the Alzheimer Society, through its Dementia Friendly Communities program.

The province has increased its eligibility for free hepatitis A vaccines ahead of the Manitoba Indigenous Summer Games.

People aged six months or older in Norway House Cree Nation and Sagkeeng Anicinabe Nation, anyone travelling to or working in these communities during the games, and people who have visitors from those communities are eligible for free hepatitis A vaccines.

The games take place July 8 to 12 in Norway House Cree Nation and Aug. 10 to 15 in Sagkeeng.

The current hepatitis A outbreak in Manitoba, first declared in April 2025, has affected communities in northern Manitoba, including an increasing number of cases in Winnipeg.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.

The step, which still needs approval in Parliament, reflects deteriorating ties between Israel and Turkey. Turkey has fiercely lobbied to prevent countries from officially recognizing the mass deaths of Armenians around 1915 as a genocide, even as Armenians have pushed for it.

Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.

For years, Israel never officially broached the subject for fear of angering Turkey, but that relationship has soured over the past two decades, especially as the most recent wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have dragged on.