The provincial government is working on the second phase of its long-awaited New Brunswick prescription monitoring program, aiming to give pharmacists the ability to see who may be misusing prescriptions for addictive drugs in real time.
Childless couples and empty-nesters growing at faster rate than couples living with children, 2016 census figures show.
An infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta Hospital says the risk of contracting Lyme disease from a tick bite is overblown.
Ontario has appointed Justice Eileen Gillese to conduct an independent public inquiry into the circumstances that may have contributed to the actions of serial killer Elizabeth Wettlaufer at a nursing home.
A Nova Scotia judge has approved a settlement in the class-action lawsuit related to OxyContin, even as two people affected by addiction to the painkiller told the court Tuesday they were unhappy with the deal struck with the drug manufacturer.
Boosting the breastfeeding rate to 50 per cent by 2025 would save the lives of 520,000 young children, UN-backed study says.
When Regina resident Rahab Wanjau went to pick out a prosthetic leg and foot at Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, she was discouraged to find only two colours to pick from.
