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HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has started drafting a provincial autism action plan. Among other things, the plan will identify existing services and initiatives for children, youth and adults on the autism sp...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating concerns over potential salmonella contamination involving popular Frito Lay brand snacks. The agency said Tuesday there were no reported illnesses...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is introducing legislation to begin bringing a completely restructured health-care system to life. A bill proposed Tuesday outlines how the many arms of Alberta Healt...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia will continue to use virtual care into the future to ensure people without a doctor get access to primary care, a health official said Tuesday. Kim Barro, the province's associat...

As wildfires rage in British Columbia, the family of a nine-year-old who died last summer is trying to protect people from poor air quality due to smoke this year. Carter Vigh died of asthma exacerbat...

VANCOUVER - Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives will put forward legislation that would forbid Ottawa from "ever" granting provinces exemptions to allow illicit drug use ...

TORONTO - Canadians who applied to be part of a class-action lawsuit against LifeLabs Inc. are now receiving cheques and e-transfers. KPMG, which is administering the claims, says on the class-action ...

Saskatchewan's first portable pediatric MRI is up and running in Saskatoon. The machine - a Swoop Portable MR Imaging System located at the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital - is capable of scanning th...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's highest court on Monday gave the state's attorney general another 90 days to decide further legal action in the case over a 160-year-old near-total ban on abortion that lawmak...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting ...