More Canadians are using stimulants such as cocaine, new federal data suggests, and experts warn the trend is contributing to a high percentage of drug-related deaths. In most municipalities studied, …
The U.S. Federal Reserve kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a second straight time but left the door open to further rate hikes if inflation pressures should …
Dr. Gerard Farrell, a general practitioner who has been taking care of cancer patients for more than two decades, is the current president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association. …
New Canadian data reaffirms that while the vast majority of the population has likely caught the virus behind COVID-19 at least once, more than four in 10 elderly adults may …
The government is creating a carve-out for the carbon tax on home heating oil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. The government will exempt home heating oil from the tax …
Suzanne Parnell smiles like a jack-o’-lantern when she talks about Halloween. The homeowner, who lives in New Westminster B.C., about 20 kilometres southeast of downtown Vancouver, says she has been decorating her property …
A retired Windsor, Ont., nurse is pushing to have the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine be made available at no cost for seniors. Currently, Ontario covers the shot for people …
More than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, …
An elderly Israeli hostage who was released by Hamas overnight said she was beaten by militants as she was taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, as her husband’s whereabouts remain …
Premier Doug Ford’s government is falling short of its promises to conduct annual inspections of every long-term care home in Ontario and to boost the ratio of inspectors to homes, according to …