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Health

Bellingham cancer program has cost B.C. $16M over past year

The province has spent $16 million on a program to send cancer patients to Bellingham, Wash., for radiation therapy over the…

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Health

About half of drugs seized by London, Ont., police last year were prescribed opioids

Police in London, Ont., say roughly half of the drugs they seized last year were prescribed opioids, indicating they’re being diverted…

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Canada

Doug Ford’s ‘red-tape’ cuts save Ontario developers $400M a year

Developers are among the biggest beneficiaries of red-tape reduction measures brought in by Premier Doug Ford’s government, saving hundreds of…

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Nova Scotia

‘It makes me feel very hopeful’: Ingo Beach Pride back for a second year in Cape Breton

A queer music festival celebrating Pride in a small Cape Breton community is back and bigger than ever in its…

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Nova Scotia

Couple grateful as rebuild begins on home destroyed by wildfire last year

When Phil Fizzard and his partner Sue Reid returned to the ruins of their home in Hammonds Plains, N.S., after…

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Business

Every year, StatCan tweaks how it calculates inflation. What to know about this year’s changes

Whenever you pass through the cash register at a grocery store, the price of everything in your shopping cart —…

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Health

Study suggests hundreds of Quebec deaths each year are related to heat

A new study from Quebec’s Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) suggests that heat is responsible for 470 deaths per…

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Canada

Liberals plan talks to launch school food program before end of next school year

The government hopes to see kids eating meals under a universal, national school food program before the end of the…

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Health

Providence Health reveals 19 patients were forced to transfer this year due to its MAID policy

Nineteen people this year have been forced to transfer out of Providence Health Care facilities to access medical assistance in…

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