Health

EDMONTON — Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services — for the second time in nearly as many years — and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator.

WINNIPEG — A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday.

A number of U.S.

MONTREAL — The 2023 death of a Quebec teen who was poisoned from a synthetic opioid should raise alarm bells for authorities to do more to prevent similar tragedies, says a coroner's report released this week.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's police watchdog has cleared two officers in the shooting death of a Winnipeg man who confronted police with an axe while officers tried to hospitalize him for mental health concerns. Bruce M.

A government memo aimed at implementing President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people rippled through the federal government Friday as agencies scrambled to make changes to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contr

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames warming temperatures , urbanization and other human actions.

TROY, Mich. (AP) — A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred about 8 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments, according to a new memo.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rat infestation in many world cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington, and a new study blames climate change , urbanization and other human actions.