A group of Republican lawmakers in the United States is demanding answers from Pfizer over a financial contribution in Canada — an allegedly minor one. They have written a letter to …
Health Minister Mark Holland released the long-awaited details of the federal government’s pharmacare plan on Thursday, with a commitment to cover some diabetes treatments and contraception. If the bill, C-64, passes …
Nurses rally at the steps of the Confederation Building on Tuesday, demanding an investigation by the auditor general into spending on private agency nurses. (Arlette Lazarenko/CBC) About 60 nurses rallied …
A Toronto-based research team met with and surveyed some 10,000 Canadians about the state of the health-care system — and what they found is deep dissatisfaction and frustration with primary …
Israel will send negotiators to truce talks in Paris on Friday, Israeli media said, as Palestinians in Gaza hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on …
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The religious chants echoed through loudspeakers, and some of the thousands of devotees who have descended on the holy city of Ayodhya chimed in, even as the frenzy of construction …
Politics A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out of the new federal dental program because their family income …
Michel Filteau says he’s cried every day since his 36-year-old son was killed while riding his bike in Sherbrooke, Que. Sébastien Filteau was struck by a vehicle driving upward of …
After Texas fenced off a park along the U.S.-Mexico border and began turning away Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston. “We …