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MONTRAL - A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in an Atikamekw community north of Montreal reflects a broader crisis putting Indigenous people's health, safe...

ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's Progressive Conservative government tabled its financial plan for the 2026-27 fiscal year on Wednesday. The budget forecasts a deficit of $688.5 million and a ...

TORONTO - To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was "kind of like a Superman." "He worked as a nurse up until he died. He worked every single day to help people in need," the Toronto Blue Jays ...

TORONTO - Health Canada has approved the first generic version of brand-name Ozempic. The department says Canada is the first G7 country to authorize generic semaglutide. The injectable medication is ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators last week that medical assistance in dying is the leading cause of death in Canada. Canada's national statistics agency does not record MAID a...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is poised to become a world leader when it comes to offering residents the opportunity to easily take part in medical research. Houston anno...

EDMONTON - An Edmonton lawyer is calling on Elections Alberta to close a loophole allowing Premier Danielle Smith's government to advertise in favour of her fall referendum on sweeping immigration ref...

Some parents who have already limited their kids' access to social media say a proposed government ban would make their efforts to protect their children far more effective. They say their kids face p...

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are calling on the auditor general to probe the federal government's handling of a $250 million program which reportedly is set to be scrapped next month. PrescribeIT was lau...

TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistan...